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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800149

Batala 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.
Population158,621people
Households31,396PCA households
Literacy rate84.72%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.43%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople158,62183,65574,966
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,8828,6717,211
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+120,93565,84755,088
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.72%87.81%81.3%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople38,34820,38017,968
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers53,02543,8189,207
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.43%52.38%12.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,64738,9776,670
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,3784,8412,537
Non-workerspeople105,59639,83765,759

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 945; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 31,396 households and 158,621 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.01% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.81% for males and 81.3% for females.
  • Of 53,025 workers, 86.09% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators758133
Agricultural labourers905244
Household industry workers1,706386
Other workers42,2786,615

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
Batala (M Cl + OG)03500203158,621

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 156,619 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople156,61982,58474,035
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,6128,5357,077
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+119,73465,15354,581
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.91%87.99%81.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople37,11919,70217,417
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers52,27343,1869,087
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.38%52.29%12.27%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,97138,3756,596
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,3024,8112,491
Non-workerspeople104,34639,39864,948

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 946; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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