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Phagwara 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 97,864 people
Households 20,719 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.82% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.71% % 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 97,864 51,386 46,478 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,073 5,336 4,737 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 76,223 41,417 34,806 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.82% 89.94% 83.39% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 22,353 11,571 10,782 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 34,945 28,739 6,206 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.71% 55.93% 13.35% Main workersworked at least 6 months 31,942 27,125 4,817 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,003 1,614 1,389 Non-workerspeople 62,919 22,647 40,272
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 20,719 households and 97,864 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.29% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.94% for males and 83.39% for females. Of 34,945 workers, 91.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 222 43 Agricultural labourers 291 49 Household industry workers 1,393 184 Other workers 30,036 2,727
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 Phagwara (M Cl) 036 00208 97,864
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.