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Meerut population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Uttar Pradesh, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 1,305,429 people
Households 232,144 PCA households
Literacy rate 75.66% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.2% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 1,305,429 688,118 617,311 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 170,823 92,472 78,351 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 858,441 482,308 376,133 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 75.66% 80.97% 69.79% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 211,727 113,591 98,136 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,864 1,494 1,370 Total workersCensus workers 407,274 341,008 66,266 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.2% 49.56% 10.73% Main workersworked at least 6 months 340,730 296,839 43,891 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 66,544 44,169 22,375 Non-workerspeople 898,155 347,110 551,045
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 232,144 households and 1,305,429 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.09% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.97% for males and 69.79% for females. Of 407,274 workers, 83.66% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 6,106 1,591 Agricultural labourers 12,719 4,079 Household industry workers 21,710 5,359 Other workers 300,195 55,515
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Meerut (M Corp.) 138 00734 1,305,429
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.