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Gorakhpur 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 673,446 people
Households 112,237 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.97% % 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 673,446 353,907 319,539 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 69,596 36,881 32,715 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 506,694 281,118 225,576 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.91% 88.67% 78.65% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 62,728 33,378 29,350 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,929 1,509 1,420 Total workersCensus workers 208,555 166,300 42,255 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.97% 46.99% 13.22% Main workersworked at least 6 months 157,624 132,967 24,657 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 50,931 33,333 17,598 Non-workerspeople 464,891 187,607 277,284
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 112,237 households and 673,446 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.33% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.67% for males and 78.65% for females. Of 208,555 workers, 75.58% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,541 1,285 Agricultural labourers 5,134 4,371 Household industry workers 8,991 4,636 Other workers 140,958 40,639
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 Gorakhpur (M Corp.) 188 00950 673,446
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.