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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800146

Gurdaspur population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Punjab, using 2011 geography.

Punjab · Census 2011Gurdaspur district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population77,928people
Households15,443PCA households
Literacy rate89.63%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.12%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople77,92841,31136,617
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,0963,9193,177
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+63,49034,35729,133
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.63%91.88%87.12%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople16,9998,8588,141
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers26,58920,5306,059
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.12%49.7%16.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months23,04718,1974,850
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,5422,3331,209
Non-workerspeople51,33920,78130,558

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 938; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 15,443 households and 77,928 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.11% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.88% for males and 87.12% for females.
  • Of 26,589 workers, 86.68% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators327120
Agricultural labourers736526
Household industry workers431226
Other workers21,5532,670

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Gurdaspur (M Cl + OG)0350020277,928

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 75,549 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople75,54939,70535,844
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,0043,8713,133
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+61,56533,07828,487
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.82%92.31%87.09%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople16,7438,7138,030
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers26,20820,2435,965
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.69%50.98%16.64%
Main workersworked at least 6 months22,72817,9404,788
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4802,3031,177
Non-workerspeople49,34119,46229,879

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 939; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks