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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800381

Karnal population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Haryana · Census 2011Karnal 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.
Population302,140people
Households63,280PCA households
Literacy rate84.26%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.44%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople302,140159,653142,487
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–634,43019,05015,380
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+225,567124,685100,882
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.26%88.68%79.37%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople43,36722,83520,532
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers104,06283,98420,078
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.44%52.6%14.09%
Main workersworked at least 6 months90,91675,04015,876
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,1468,9444,202
Non-workerspeople198,07875,669122,409

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1970; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 63,280 households and 302,140 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.4% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.68% for males and 79.37% for females.
  • Of 104,062 workers, 87.37% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,136442
Agricultural labourers2,3281,445
Household industry workers4,079726
Other workers82,37310,533

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Karnal (M Cl + OG)07400372302,140

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 286,827 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople286,827151,287135,540
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–632,46817,94514,523
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+215,199118,53396,666
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.6%88.89%79.88%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople40,70321,43019,273
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers98,94779,58119,366
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.5%52.6%14.29%
Main workersworked at least 6 months87,10071,63715,463
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months11,8477,9443,903
Non-workerspeople187,88071,706116,174

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1971; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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