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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800490

Alwar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Rajasthan · Census 2011Alwar 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.
Population322,568people
Households62,776PCA households
Literacy rate85.71%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.83%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople322,568170,530152,038
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–636,95620,09516,861
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+244,812139,300105,512
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.71%92.6%78.05%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople55,34628,89726,449
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople12,5956,7975,798
Total workersCensus workers102,65885,41917,239
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.83%50.09%11.34%
Main workersworked at least 6 months93,66179,74413,917
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,9975,6753,322
Non-workerspeople219,91085,111134,799

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2774; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 62,776 households and 322,568 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.46% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.6% for males and 78.05% for females.
  • Of 102,658 workers, 91.24% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,434539
Agricultural labourers1,193468
Household industry workers2,971734
Other workers88,0637,256

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
Alwar (M Cl + OG)10400499322,568

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 315,379 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople315,379166,765148,614
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–635,66019,42216,238
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+240,423136,536103,887
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.95%92.67%78.48%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople53,58527,96625,619
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople12,1446,5655,579
Total workersCensus workers100,39483,71116,683
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.83%50.2%11.23%
Main workersworked at least 6 months91,78878,15213,636
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,6065,5593,047
Non-workerspeople214,98583,054131,931

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2775; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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