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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800150

Qadian 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.
Population23,632people
Households4,823PCA households
Literacy rate85.37%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.6%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople23,63212,54911,083
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,4581,3561,102
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+18,0769,8728,204
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.37%88.2%82.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,7201,4281,292
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers7,7036,4741,229
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.6%51.59%11.09%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,7675,864903
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months936610326
Non-workerspeople15,9296,0759,854

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 947; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,823 households and 23,632 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.4% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.2% for males and 82.2% for females.
  • Of 7,703 workers, 87.85% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators13524
Agricultural labourers5566
Household industry workers8960
Other workers6,488786

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
Qadian (M Cl + OG)0350020323,632

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 21,899 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople21,89911,62510,274
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,2291,2291,000
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+16,8939,2207,673
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.88%88.69%82.74%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,799944855
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers7,1906,0401,150
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.83%51.96%11.19%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,2935,444849
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months897596301
Non-workerspeople14,7095,5859,124

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 948; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks