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Lucknow 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 2,817,105 people
Households 538,149 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.5% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.52% % 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 2,817,105 1,460,970 1,356,135 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 293,697 154,226 139,471 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 2,081,727 1,124,261 957,466 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.5% 86.04% 78.7% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 302,938 159,411 143,527 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6,319 3,376 2,943 Total workersCensus workers 944,295 755,085 189,210 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.52% 51.68% 13.95% Main workersworked at least 6 months 756,483 635,852 120,631 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 187,812 119,233 68,579 Non-workerspeople 1,872,810 705,885 1,166,925
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 538,149 households and 2,817,105 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.43% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.04% for males and 78.7% for females. Of 944,295 workers, 80.11% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 9,675 5,233 Agricultural labourers 13,433 8,280 Household industry workers 47,086 14,860 Other workers 686,289 159,439
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 Lucknow (M Corp.) 157 00821 2,817,105
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.