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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800367

Ambala Sadar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Haryana · Census 2011Ambala 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.
Population104,974people
Households22,349PCA households
Literacy rate88.42%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.35%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople104,97454,68050,294
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,2715,5894,682
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+83,74044,83738,903
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.42%91.33%85.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople20,41210,5889,824
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers37,10629,9787,128
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.35%54.82%14.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months32,62926,9115,718
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,4773,0671,410
Non-workerspeople67,86824,70243,166

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1888; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 22,349 households and 104,974 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.78% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.33% for males and 85.29% for females.
  • Of 37,106 workers, 87.93% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators23395
Agricultural labourers911224
Household industry workers2,604301
Other workers28,8813,857

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Ambala Sadar (M Cl + OG)07000359104,974

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 103,093 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople103,09353,66449,429
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,0775,4784,599
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+82,28343,99638,287
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.46%91.3%85.4%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople20,07110,4119,660
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers36,53529,4727,063
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.44%54.92%14.29%
Main workersworked at least 6 months32,11426,4455,669
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,4213,0271,394
Non-workerspeople66,55824,19242,366

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1889; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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