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Ludhiana 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 1,618,879 people
Households 344,333 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.77% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.55% % 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 1,618,879 874,908 743,971 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 184,239 98,793 85,446 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 1,230,545 689,707 540,838 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.77% 88.87% 82.13% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 231,754 124,160 107,594 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 591,700 501,050 90,650 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.55% 57.27% 12.18% Main workersworked at least 6 months 538,528 469,383 69,145 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 53,172 31,667 21,505 Non-workerspeople 1,027,179 373,858 653,321
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 344,333 households and 1,618,879 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.38% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.87% for males and 82.13% for females. Of 591,700 workers, 91.01% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 4,061 1,416 Agricultural labourers 5,557 1,689 Household industry workers 32,891 4,661 Other workers 496,019 45,406
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 Ludhiana (M Corp.) 041 00227 1,618,879
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.