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Amritsar Cantt. 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 10,410 people
Households 2,240 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.96% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 44.44% % 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 10,410 6,255 4,155 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,315 740 575 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 8,455 5,289 3,166 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.96% 95.9% 88.44% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,734 937 797 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 4,626 4,088 538 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 44.44% 65.36% 12.95% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,133 3,825 308 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 493 263 230 Non-workerspeople 5,784 2,167 3,617
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 2,240 households and 10,410 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.63% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.9% for males and 88.44% for females. Of 4,626 workers, 89.34% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2 3 Agricultural labourers 7 4 Household industry workers 12 5 Other workers 4,112 481
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 Amritsar Cantt. (CB) 049 00256 10,410
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.