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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 93,312 people
Households 17,631 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 41.61% % 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 93,312 53,024 40,288 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,173 5,607 4,566 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 70,115 41,722 28,393 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.33% 87.99% 79.48% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 14,277 7,647 6,630 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 238 175 63 Total workersCensus workers 38,829 33,199 5,630 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 41.61% 62.61% 13.97% Main workersworked at least 6 months 34,054 30,011 4,043 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,775 3,188 1,587 Non-workerspeople 54,483 19,825 34,658
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 17,631 households and 93,312 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.9% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.99% for males and 79.48% for females. Of 38,829 workers, 87.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 243 47 Agricultural labourers 403 74 Household industry workers 1,043 165 Other workers 32,365 4,489
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 (CB) 138 00734 93,312
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.