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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801086

Allahabad population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Uttar Pradesh · Census 2011Allahabad 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.
Population1,168,385people
Households205,529PCA households
Literacy rate84.67%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.4%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,168,385630,577537,808
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6120,62064,58056,040
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+887,136499,842387,294
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.67%88.31%80.39%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople148,79480,02368,771
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,6941,4941,200
Total workersCensus workers390,202301,95788,245
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.4%47.89%16.41%
Main workersworked at least 6 months281,443233,72247,721
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months108,75968,23540,524
Non-workerspeople778,183328,620449,563

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 5032; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 205,529 households and 1,168,385 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.32% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.31% for males and 80.39% for females.
  • Of 390,202 workers, 72.13% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3,3772,089
Agricultural labourers5,6203,787
Household industry workers20,9368,602
Other workers251,51094,281

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
Allahabad (M Corp. + OG)175008901,168,385

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 1,112,544 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,112,544600,386512,158
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6114,43961,21453,225
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+846,038476,477369,561
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.76%88.37%80.53%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople144,01377,42466,589
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,8491,023826
Total workersCensus workers370,199287,06783,132
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.27%47.81%16.23%
Main workersworked at least 6 months268,949223,22245,727
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months101,25063,84537,405
Non-workerspeople742,345313,319429,026

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 5033; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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