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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800319

Kotdwara population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Uttarakhand · Census 2011Garhwal 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.
Population33,035people
Households7,005PCA households
Literacy rate86.29%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.84%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople33,03517,15715,878
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,0342,1871,847
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+25,02413,50811,516
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.29%90.23%82.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,757879878
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople21138
Total workersCensus workers9,5288,2511,277
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.84%48.09%8.04%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,9447,8301,114
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months584421163
Non-workerspeople23,5078,90614,601

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1626; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 7,005 households and 33,035 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.21% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.23% for males and 82.08% for females.
  • Of 9,528 workers, 93.87% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2333
Agricultural labourers2628
Household industry workers25939
Other workers8,636484

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
Kotdwara (NPP + OG)0610031333,035

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 28,859 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople28,85915,11713,742
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,5391,9171,622
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+21,63511,7839,852
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.45%89.27%81.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,693843850
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople21138
Total workersCensus workers8,5967,5041,092
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.79%49.64%7.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,1657,169996
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months43133596
Non-workerspeople20,2637,61312,650

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1627; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks