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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800286

Chandigarh population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chandigarh · Census 2011Chandigarh 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.
Population970,602people
Households220,520PCA households
Literacy rate86.44%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.06%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople970,602531,051439,551
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6106,63356,86949,764
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+746,821428,134318,687
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.44%90.29%81.76%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople185,68898,96786,721
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers369,442297,81571,627
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.06%56.08%16.3%
Main workersworked at least 6 months352,956287,78665,170
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months16,48610,0296,457
Non-workerspeople601,160233,236367,924

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1447; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 220,520 households and 970,602 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.99% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.29% for males and 81.76% for females.
  • Of 369,442 workers, 95.54% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,609331
Agricultural labourers1,107248
Household industry workers3,920540
Other workers346,32015,367

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
Chandigarh (M Corp. + OG) 05500277970,602

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 961,587 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople961,587525,629435,958
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6105,52056,28749,233
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+739,784423,644316,140
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.42%90.26%81.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople184,42298,25386,169
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers365,515294,44171,074
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.01%56.02%16.3%
Main workersworked at least 6 months349,391284,65864,733
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months16,1249,7836,341
Non-workerspeople596,072231,188364,884

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1448; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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