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Shahkot 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 14,488 people
Households 2,957 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.46% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.34% % 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 14,488 7,560 6,928 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,530 835 695 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,815 5,831 4,984 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.46% 86.71% 79.96% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,762 1,938 1,824 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 5,265 4,248 1,017 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.34% 56.19% 14.68% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,706 3,925 781 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 559 323 236 Non-workerspeople 9,223 3,312 5,911
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 2,957 households and 14,488 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.56% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.71% for males and 79.96% for females. Of 5,265 workers, 89.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 94 12 Agricultural labourers 204 28 Household industry workers 86 16 Other workers 4,322 503
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 Shahkot (NP) 037 00209 14,488
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.