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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800266

S.A.S. Nagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Punjab · Census 2011Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 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.
Population166,864people
Households39,894PCA households
Literacy rate92.42%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.74%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople166,86487,38079,484
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,7298,3987,331
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+139,67574,31565,360
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.42%94.09%90.59%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople14,7567,8496,907
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers62,97745,54717,430
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.74%52.13%21.93%
Main workersworked at least 6 months58,42943,08015,349
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,5482,4672,081
Non-workerspeople103,88741,83362,054

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1372; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 39,894 households and 166,864 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.43% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.09% for males and 90.59% for females.
  • Of 62,977 workers, 92.78% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators544130
Agricultural labourers38678
Household industry workers1,472159
Other workers56,0274,181

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
S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) (M Cl + OG)05200267166,864

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 146,213 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople146,21376,50769,706
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,8207,3246,496
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+121,74264,80356,939
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.96%93.67%90.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,0786,9736,105
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers54,80839,87114,937
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.49%52.11%21.43%
Main workersworked at least 6 months51,01937,76613,253
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,7892,1051,684
Non-workerspeople91,40536,63654,769

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1373; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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