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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 14,689 people
Households 2,211 PCA households
Literacy rate 97.84% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 60.32% % 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 14,689 10,840 3,849 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,325 736 589 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,076 10,001 3,075 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 97.84% 98.98% 94.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 687 392 295 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 74 40 34 Total workersCensus workers 8,861 8,510 351 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 60.32% 78.51% 9.12% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,576 8,300 276 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 285 210 75 Non-workerspeople 5,828 2,330 3,498
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 2,211 households and 14,689 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.02% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 98.98% for males and 94.33% for females. Of 8,861 workers, 96.78% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 91 1 Agricultural labourers 7 3 Household industry workers 55 18 Other workers 8,423 263
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 (CB) 068 00353 14,689
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.