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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800446

Ganganagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Rajasthan · Census 2011Ganganagar 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.
Population237,780people
Households49,268PCA households
Literacy rate82.25%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.78%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople237,780127,840109,940
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–626,71314,67312,040
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+173,61099,39274,218
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.25%87.83%75.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople38,79620,49318,303
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,9572,5992,358
Total workersCensus workers82,70469,54413,160
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.78%54.4%11.97%
Main workersworked at least 6 months77,83666,50311,333
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,8683,0411,827
Non-workerspeople155,07658,29696,780

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2569; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 49,268 households and 237,780 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.23% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.83% for males and 75.81% for females.
  • Of 82,704 workers, 94.11% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators86546
Agricultural labourers827220
Household industry workers2,244191
Other workers73,9004,411

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
Ganganagar (M Cl + OG)09900458237,780

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 224,532 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople224,532120,778103,754
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–625,04513,75811,287
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+164,69294,20970,483
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.56%88.03%76.23%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople36,94719,51917,428
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,6522,4382,214
Total workersCensus workers78,24565,82712,418
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.85%54.5%11.97%
Main workersworked at least 6 months73,71762,95910,758
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,5282,8681,660
Non-workerspeople146,28754,95191,336

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2570; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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