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Bhikhi 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 17,825 people
Households 3,435 PCA households
Literacy rate 69.23% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.66% % 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 17,825 9,316 8,509 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,862 1,034 828 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,051 6,093 4,958 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 69.23% 73.57% 64.55% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,837 3,033 2,804 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 6,179 4,889 1,290 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.66% 52.48% 15.16% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,834 4,213 621 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,345 676 669 Non-workerspeople 11,646 4,427 7,219
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 3,435 households and 17,825 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.57% for males and 64.55% for females. Of 6,179 workers, 78.23% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 738 90 Agricultural labourers 462 363 Household industry workers 109 198 Other workers 3,525 694
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 Bhikhi (NP) 047 00249 17,825
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.