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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800219

Faridkot population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Punjab · Census 2011Faridkot 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.
Population87,695people
Households17,927PCA households
Literacy rate81.39%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.7%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople87,69547,41140,284
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,6825,2974,385
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+63,49736,23627,261
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.39%86.04%75.94%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople25,50213,29412,208
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers33,06426,7806,284
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.7%56.48%15.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months29,01124,4714,540
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,0532,3091,744
Non-workerspeople54,63120,63134,000

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1203; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 17,927 households and 87,695 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.04% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.04% for males and 75.94% for females.
  • Of 33,064 workers, 87.74% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators542500
Agricultural labourers1,074404
Household industry workers1,339210
Other workers26,0562,939

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
Faridkot (M Cl + OG)0450024287,695

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 85,435 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople85,43546,18939,246
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,3475,1214,226
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+62,32335,52926,794
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.91%86.51%76.51%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,34212,67711,665
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers32,11926,0736,046
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.59%56.45%15.41%
Main workersworked at least 6 months28,54124,0364,505
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,5782,0371,541
Non-workerspeople53,31620,11633,200

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1204; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks