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Malerkotla 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 135,424 people
Households 25,218 PCA households
Literacy rate 69.1% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.03% % 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 135,424 71,376 64,048 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 16,846 8,628 8,218 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 81,937 46,091 35,846 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 69.1% 73.45% 64.21% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,893 4,677 4,216 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 44,730 39,780 4,950 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.03% 55.73% 7.73% Main workersworked at least 6 months 41,770 37,858 3,912 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,960 1,922 1,038 Non-workerspeople 90,694 31,596 59,098
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 25,218 households and 135,424 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.44% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.45% for males and 64.21% for females. Of 44,730 workers, 93.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,293 67 Agricultural labourers 1,736 255 Household industry workers 1,338 134 Other workers 37,403 2,504
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 Malerkotla (M Cl) 053 00269 135,424
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.