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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801005

Kanpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Uttar Pradesh · Census 2011Kanpur Nagar 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.
Population2,768,057people
Households522,805PCA households
Literacy rate82.43%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.59%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople2,768,0571,490,5471,277,510
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6267,316143,623123,693
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+2,061,2771,138,231923,046
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.43%84.51%80%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople341,505184,612156,893
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,9941,6931,301
Total workersCensus workers929,868787,629142,239
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.59%52.84%11.13%
Main workersworked at least 6 months752,375658,17494,201
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months177,493129,45548,038
Non-workerspeople1,838,189702,9181,135,271

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 4774; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 522,805 households and 2,768,057 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.66% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.51% for males and 80% for females.
  • Of 929,868 workers, 80.91% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators9,3504,000
Agricultural labourers14,7108,247
Household industry workers35,8719,205
Other workers692,444156,041

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
Kanpur (M Corp. + OG)164008492,768,057

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 2,765,348 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople2,765,3481,489,0621,276,286
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6267,136143,519123,617
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+2,059,1051,136,966922,139
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.42%84.5%80%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople340,928184,282156,646
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,9891,6911,298
Total workersCensus workers929,113786,965142,148
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.6%52.85%11.14%
Main workersworked at least 6 months751,807657,66094,147
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months177,306129,30548,001
Non-workerspeople1,836,235702,0971,134,138

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 4775; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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