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Jalandhar Cantt. 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 47,845 people
Households 9,699 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.16% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42% % 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 47,845 27,755 20,090 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,324 2,898 2,426 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 38,763 23,442 15,321 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.16% 94.31% 86.74% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,409 5,182 4,227 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 20,094 17,911 2,183 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42% 64.53% 10.87% Main workersworked at least 6 months 19,139 17,392 1,747 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 955 519 436 Non-workerspeople 27,751 9,844 17,907
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 9,699 households and 47,845 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.13% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.31% for males and 86.74% for females. Of 20,094 workers, 95.25% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 66 19 Agricultural labourers 76 10 Household industry workers 250 27 Other workers 18,747 899
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 Jalandhar Cantt. (CB) 037 00212 47,845
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.