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Garhshankar 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 16,955 people
Households 3,678 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.01% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.59% % 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 16,955 8,823 8,132 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,796 962 834 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,038 7,032 6,006 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.01% 89.45% 82.3% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,720 3,524 3,196 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 5,525 4,562 963 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.59% 51.71% 11.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,276 4,407 869 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 249 155 94 Non-workerspeople 11,430 4,261 7,169
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 3,678 households and 16,955 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.59% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.45% for males and 82.3% for females. Of 5,525 workers, 95.49% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 172 5 Agricultural labourers 225 18 Household industry workers 118 10 Other workers 4,761 216
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 Garhshankar (M Cl) 038 00217 16,955
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.