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Kapurthala population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Punjab, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 98,916 people
Households 20,484 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.08% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.22% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 98,916 53,801 45,115 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 9,991 5,226 4,765 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 75,653 42,758 32,895 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.08% 88.02% 81.52% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 20,843 10,902 9,941 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 38,796 31,097 7,699 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.22% 57.8% 17.07% Main workersworked at least 6 months 34,459 28,717 5,742 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,337 2,380 1,957 Non-workerspeople 60,120 22,704 37,416
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 20,484 households and 98,916 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.1% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.02% for males and 81.52% for females. Of 38,796 workers, 88.82% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 603 99 Agricultural labourers 1,703 482 Household industry workers 1,335 249 Other workers 30,818 3,507
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Kapurthala (M Cl) 036 00206 98,916
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.