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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801222

Ghazipur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Uttar Pradesh · Census 2011Ghazipur 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.
Population121,020people
Households19,556PCA households
Literacy rate83.73%% of people aged 7+
Work participation27.65%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople121,02063,51357,507
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,1398,0967,043
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+88,65649,35939,297
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.73%89.07%77.87%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,5484,9654,583
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople881464417
Total workersCensus workers33,46427,7825,682
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.65%43.74%9.88%
Main workersworked at least 6 months26,88123,2813,600
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,5834,5012,082
Non-workerspeople87,55635,73151,825

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 5590; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 19,556 households and 121,020 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.51% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.07% for males and 77.87% for females.
  • Of 33,464 workers, 80.33% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators803121
Agricultural labourers1,620489
Household industry workers1,125460
Other workers23,3335,513

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
Ghazipur (NPP + OG)19500989121,020

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 110,587 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople110,58757,95452,633
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,7107,3286,382
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+81,64145,32736,314
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.27%89.53%78.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,6163,9443,672
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople848443405
Total workersCensus workers30,89925,5225,377
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.94%44.04%10.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months24,56721,2053,362
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,3324,3172,015
Non-workerspeople79,68832,43247,256

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 5591; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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