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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800389

Sonipat population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Haryana · Census 2011Sonipat 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.
Population289,333people
Households57,740PCA households
Literacy rate85.19%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.59%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople289,333154,407134,926
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–633,97719,04214,935
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+217,543122,72694,817
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.19%90.66%79.02%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople44,31623,54920,767
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers94,30375,94018,363
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.59%49.18%13.61%
Main workersworked at least 6 months80,09466,19513,899
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,2099,7454,464
Non-workerspeople195,03078,467116,563

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2025; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 57,740 households and 289,333 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.74% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.66% for males and 79.02% for females.
  • Of 94,303 workers, 84.93% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,198337
Agricultural labourers3,0011,792
Household industry workers3,620866
Other workers72,27511,214

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Sonipat (M Cl + OG)07600380289,333

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 278,149 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople278,149148,364129,785
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–632,33318,12714,206
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+210,112118,28191,831
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.48%90.82%79.45%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople42,01322,31119,702
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers90,69872,96617,732
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.61%49.18%13.66%
Main workersworked at least 6 months77,41463,86613,548
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,2849,1004,184
Non-workerspeople187,45175,398112,053

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2026; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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