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Joshimath population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Uttarakhand, 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 16,709 people
Households 3,898 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.28% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 44.1% % 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 16,709 9,988 6,721 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,103 1,127 976 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,332 8,438 4,894 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.28% 95.23% 85.19% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,343 1,284 1,059 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,711 827 884 Total workersCensus workers 7,368 6,102 1,266 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 44.1% 61.09% 18.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,068 5,915 1,153 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 300 187 113 Non-workerspeople 9,341 3,886 5,455
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 3,898 households and 16,709 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.59% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.23% for males and 85.19% for females. Of 7,368 workers, 95.93% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 962 65 Agricultural labourers 106 12 Household industry workers 66 25 Other workers 5,934 198
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 Joshimath (NPP) 057 00284 16,709
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.