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Kanpur 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 108,534 people
Households 20,553 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.72% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.56% % 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 108,534 58,550 49,984 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,613 6,120 5,493 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 76,296 43,232 33,064 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.72% 82.46% 74.32% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 14,739 7,844 6,895 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 106 64 42 Total workersCensus workers 36,425 31,436 4,989 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.56% 53.69% 9.98% Main workersworked at least 6 months 29,661 26,418 3,243 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,764 5,018 1,746 Non-workerspeople 72,109 27,114 44,995
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 20,553 households and 108,534 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 82.46% for males and 74.32% for females. Of 36,425 workers, 81.43% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 158 177 Agricultural labourers 426 256 Household industry workers 2,244 417 Other workers 26,833 5,914
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 Kanpur (CB) 164 00849 108,534
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.