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Sahnewal 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 22,484 people
Households 4,766 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.32% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.23% % 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 22,484 11,989 10,495 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,551 1,424 1,127 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,007 9,436 7,571 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.32% 89.31% 80.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,330 2,847 2,483 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 8,370 6,690 1,680 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.23% 55.8% 16.01% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,487 6,226 1,261 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 883 464 419 Non-workerspeople 14,114 5,299 8,815
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 4,766 households and 22,484 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.35% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.31% for males and 80.82% for females. Of 8,370 workers, 89.45% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 238 18 Agricultural labourers 151 51 Household industry workers 291 169 Other workers 6,807 645
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 Sahnewal (NP) 041 00227 22,484
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.