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Chamba 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 7,771 people
Households 1,971 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.04% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.39% % 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 7,771 4,149 3,622 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,010 544 466 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,020 3,306 2,714 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.04% 91.71% 85.99% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 601 308 293 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 46 42 4 Total workersCensus workers 2,517 2,085 432 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.39% 50.25% 11.93% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,159 1,786 373 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 358 299 59 Non-workerspeople 5,254 2,064 3,190
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 1,971 households and 7,771 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.71% for males and 85.99% for females. Of 2,517 workers, 85.78% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 35 27 Agricultural labourers 5 7 Household industry workers 40 35 Other workers 2,079 289
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 Chamba (NP) 059 00297 7,771
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.