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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800405

Hisar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Haryana · Census 2011Hisar 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.
Population307,024people
Households61,492PCA households
Literacy rate84.65%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.67%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople307,024166,494140,530
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–634,55818,85615,702
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+230,648133,27597,373
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.65%90.27%78.01%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople48,34325,55322,790
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers103,37086,92816,442
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.67%52.21%11.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months89,10576,10912,996
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,26510,8193,446
Non-workerspeople203,65479,566124,088

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2105; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 61,492 households and 307,024 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.26% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.27% for males and 78.01% for females.
  • Of 103,370 workers, 86.2% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,081282
Agricultural labourers2,3341,039
Household industry workers3,581457
Other workers82,10912,487

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
Hisar (M Cl + OG)08000394307,024

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 301,383 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople301,383163,231138,152
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–634,06018,59615,464
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+226,280130,50795,773
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.65%90.23%78.06%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople46,75224,68522,067
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers101,45285,44116,011
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.66%52.34%11.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months87,42874,79812,630
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,02410,6433,381
Non-workerspeople199,93177,790122,141

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2106; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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