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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800187

Gobindgarh population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Punjab, using 2011 geography.

Punjab · Census 2011Fatehgarh Sahib district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population82,266people
Households17,780PCA households
Literacy rate81.9%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.99%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople82,26646,10436,162
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,9195,3364,583
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+59,25134,55124,700
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.9%84.75%78.22%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,9047,0385,866
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers30,43427,7082,726
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.99%60.1%7.54%
Main workersworked at least 6 months28,67526,3972,278
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,7591,311448
Non-workerspeople51,83218,39633,436

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1080; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 17,780 households and 82,266 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.06% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.75% for males and 78.22% for females.
  • Of 30,434 workers, 94.22% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators21324
Agricultural labourers15839
Household industry workers47476
Other workers27,8301,620

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
Gobindgarh (M Cl + OG)0400022282,266

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 73,130 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople73,13041,12832,002
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,5794,6413,938
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+53,56231,20822,354
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.98%85.53%79.65%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,0256,0255,000
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers27,30824,8352,473
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.34%60.38%7.73%
Main workersworked at least 6 months25,75223,6642,088
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,5561,171385
Non-workerspeople45,82216,29329,529

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1081; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks