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Amritsar 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 1,159,227 people
Households 239,078 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.81% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.95% % 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 1,159,227 615,417 543,810 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 119,592 65,507 54,085 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 871,305 475,781 395,524 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.81% 86.52% 80.76% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 252,259 133,457 118,802 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 428,364 347,699 80,665 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.95% 56.5% 14.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 378,106 317,981 60,125 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 50,258 29,718 20,540 Non-workerspeople 730,863 267,718 463,145
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 239,078 households and 1,159,227 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.32% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.52% for males and 80.76% for females. Of 428,364 workers, 88.27% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 4,777 1,333 Agricultural labourers 9,267 1,594 Household industry workers 16,710 3,080 Other workers 347,352 44,251
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 (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 049 00256 3,563 Amritsar (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 049 00257 1,155,664
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.