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Purwa 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 24,467 people
Households 4,128 PCA households
Literacy rate 71.99% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.09% % 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 24,467 12,659 11,808 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,173 1,656 1,517 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,330 8,620 6,710 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 71.99% 78.34% 65.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,881 1,993 1,888 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 77 43 34 Total workersCensus workers 7,606 6,550 1,056 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.09% 51.74% 8.94% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,360 4,829 531 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,246 1,721 525 Non-workerspeople 16,861 6,109 10,752
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 4,128 households and 24,467 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.97% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 78.34% for males and 65.2% for females. Of 7,606 workers, 70.47% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 667 209 Agricultural labourers 574 576 Household industry workers 406 137 Other workers 3,713 1,324
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 Purwa (NP) 156 00817 24,467
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.