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Town · Census 2011 · code 800185

Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib 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.
Population58,097people
Households11,899PCA households
Literacy rate83.49%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.29%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople58,09730,64227,455
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,1463,3062,840
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+43,37523,86019,515
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.49%87.28%79.28%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,7986,7016,097
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers20,50416,8333,671
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.29%54.93%13.37%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,97115,4052,566
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5331,4281,105
Non-workerspeople37,59313,80923,784

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1075; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 11,899 households and 58,097 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.58% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.28% for males and 79.28% for females.
  • Of 20,504 workers, 87.65% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators68461
Agricultural labourers647106
Household industry workers1,262158
Other workers15,3782,208

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib (M Cl)0400022158,097

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.