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Chamkaur Sahib 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 13,920 people
Households 2,842 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.76% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.12% % 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 13,920 7,258 6,662 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,634 876 758 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,799 5,314 4,485 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.76% 83.27% 75.97% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,486 2,336 2,150 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 4,750 3,942 808 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.12% 54.31% 12.13% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,104 3,504 600 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 646 438 208 Non-workerspeople 9,170 3,316 5,854
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 2,842 households and 13,920 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.74% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.27% for males and 75.97% for females. Of 4,750 workers, 86.4% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 360 12 Agricultural labourers 132 49 Household industry workers 111 15 Other workers 3,501 570
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 Chamkaur Sahib (NP) 051 00265 13,920
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.