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Roorkee 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 118,200 people
Households 22,806 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.48% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.23% % 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 118,200 63,434 54,766 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,974 6,579 5,395 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 95,048 52,967 42,081 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.48% 93.16% 85.23% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,979 6,941 6,038 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 152 82 70 Total workersCensus workers 35,736 30,112 5,624 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.23% 47.47% 10.27% Main workersworked at least 6 months 32,239 27,965 4,274 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,497 2,147 1,350 Non-workerspeople 82,464 33,322 49,142
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 22,806 households and 118,200 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.13% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.16% for males and 85.23% for females. Of 35,736 workers, 90.21% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 396 61 Agricultural labourers 331 118 Household industry workers 1,983 113 Other workers 29,529 3,205
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 Roorkee (NPP) 068 00353 118,200
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.