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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800205

Zira population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Punjab · Census 2011Firozpur 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.
Population37,498people
Households7,182PCA households
Literacy rate77.15%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.47%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople37,49819,61017,888
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,3802,3542,026
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+25,54913,97911,570
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.15%81.01%72.94%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,8486,1365,712
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers12,92510,7052,220
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.47%54.59%12.41%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,5119,8881,623
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,414817597
Non-workerspeople24,5738,90515,668

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1155; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 7,182 households and 37,498 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.68% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.01% for males and 72.94% for females.
  • Of 12,925 workers, 89.06% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators49819
Agricultural labourers75482
Household industry workers231320
Other workers10,028993

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
Zira (M Cl + OG)0430023437,498

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 36,732 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople36,73219,20717,525
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,3102,3191,991
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+24,98613,66811,318
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.06%80.93%72.86%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,5955,9975,598
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers12,68410,4892,195
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.53%54.61%12.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,2749,6731,601
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,410816594
Non-workerspeople24,0488,71815,330

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1156; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks