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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800242

Patiala population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Punjab · Census 2011Patiala 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.
Population446,246people
Households93,805PCA households
Literacy rate86.01%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.44%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople446,246236,198210,048
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–643,99823,62520,373
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+345,992189,236156,756
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.01%89.02%82.64%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople61,86932,41129,458
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers162,591127,99634,595
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.44%54.19%16.47%
Main workersworked at least 6 months146,213117,88928,324
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months16,37810,1076,271
Non-workerspeople283,655108,202175,453

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1275; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 93,805 households and 446,246 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.86% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.02% for males and 82.64% for females.
  • Of 162,591 workers, 89.93% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,554371
Agricultural labourers1,321340
Household industry workers5,690713
Other workers137,64814,954

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
Patiala (M Corp. + OG)04800253446,246

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 406,192 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople406,192215,617190,575
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–640,61521,78618,829
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+313,583172,225141,358
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.78%88.85%82.31%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople56,55129,58026,971
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers149,607117,97031,637
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.83%54.71%16.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months134,276108,56425,712
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months15,3319,4065,925
Non-workerspeople256,58597,647158,938

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1276; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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