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Balachaur 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 21,631 people
Households 4,471 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.27% % 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 21,631 11,180 10,451 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,405 1,334 1,071 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,555 8,431 7,124 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.91% 85.63% 75.95% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,516 3,888 3,628 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 6,548 5,731 817 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.27% 51.26% 7.82% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,233 5,487 746 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 315 244 71 Non-workerspeople 15,083 5,449 9,634
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 4,471 households and 21,631 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.63% for males and 75.95% for females. Of 6,548 workers, 95.19% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 642 15 Agricultural labourers 163 56 Household industry workers 200 20 Other workers 5,228 224
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 Balachaur (M Cl) 039 00219 21,631
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.