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Goraya 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 16,462 people
Households 3,590 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.01% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.83% % 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 16,462 8,657 7,805 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,716 912 804 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,388 6,689 5,699 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.01% 86.37% 81.4% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,864 2,520 2,344 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 5,899 5,031 868 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.83% 58.11% 11.12% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,663 4,923 740 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 236 108 128 Non-workerspeople 10,563 3,626 6,937
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 3,590 households and 16,462 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.42% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.37% for males and 81.4% for females. Of 5,899 workers, 96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 131 6 Agricultural labourers 37 11 Household industry workers 219 10 Other workers 5,276 209
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 Goraya (NP) 037 00211 16,462
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.