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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800386

Samalkha population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Haryana · Census 2011Panipat 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.
Population39,710people
Households8,128PCA households
Literacy rate84.55%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.3%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople39,71021,37918,331
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,2152,8992,316
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+29,16716,65612,511
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.55%90.13%78.12%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,0042,6902,314
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers12,42810,9351,493
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.3%51.15%8.14%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,0919,9151,176
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,3371,020317
Non-workerspeople27,28210,44416,838

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2005; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 8,128 households and 39,710 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.13% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.13% for males and 78.12% for females.
  • Of 12,428 workers, 89.24% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators36830
Agricultural labourers46764
Household industry workers78990
Other workers9,4671,153

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Samalkha (MC + OG)0750037739,710

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 38,675 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople38,67520,82117,854
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,0652,8162,249
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+28,44916,22912,220
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.64%90.14%78.31%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,9182,6432,275
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers12,14810,6801,468
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.41%51.29%8.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months10,8889,7241,164
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,260956304
Non-workerspeople26,52710,14116,386

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2006; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks