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Hoshiarpur 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 168,653 people
Households 36,627 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.14% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.1% % 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 168,653 88,304 80,349 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 17,337 9,274 8,063 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 133,367 71,551 61,816 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.14% 90.54% 85.52% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 45,283 23,580 21,703 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 60,882 48,171 12,711 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.1% 54.55% 15.82% Main workersworked at least 6 months 52,477 42,768 9,709 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 8,405 5,403 3,002 Non-workerspeople 107,771 40,133 67,638
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 36,627 households and 168,653 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.28% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.54% for males and 85.52% for females. Of 60,882 workers, 86.19% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 623 148 Agricultural labourers 842 529 Household industry workers 1,831 527 Other workers 49,181 7,201
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 Hoshiarpur (M Cl) 038 00216 168,653
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.