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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800429

Gurgaon population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Haryana · Census 2011Gurgaon 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.
Population886,519people
Households208,229PCA households
Literacy rate87.49%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.07%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople886,519480,042406,477
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6113,16361,20151,962
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+676,571380,903295,668
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.49%90.94%83.4%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople76,07940,41035,669
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers337,517267,76269,755
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.07%55.78%17.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months319,379255,85163,528
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months18,13811,9116,227
Non-workerspeople549,002212,280336,722

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2230; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 208,229 households and 886,519 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.76% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.94% for males and 83.4% for females.
  • Of 337,517 workers, 94.63% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,848420
Agricultural labourers3,897893
Household industry workers10,311840
Other workers302,32315,985

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
Gurgaon (M Corp. + OG)08600417886,519

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 876,969 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople876,969475,032401,937
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6111,80160,45651,345
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+669,708376,978292,730
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.52%90.93%83.5%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople74,88139,80935,072
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers335,109265,54469,565
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.21%55.9%17.31%
Main workersworked at least 6 months317,150253,72163,429
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months17,95911,8236,136
Non-workerspeople541,860209,488332,372

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2231; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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