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Varanasi 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 14,119 people
Households 2,760 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.04% % 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 14,119 7,742 6,377 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,434 785 649 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,070 6,419 4,651 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.27% 92.27% 81.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,242 1,189 1,053 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 158 86 72 Total workersCensus workers 4,242 3,783 459 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.04% 48.86% 7.2% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,984 3,590 394 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 258 193 65 Non-workerspeople 9,877 3,959 5,918
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 2,760 households and 14,119 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.16% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.27% for males and 81.2% for females. Of 4,242 workers, 93.92% 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 2 Agricultural labourers 9 3 Household industry workers 103 14 Other workers 3,870 239
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 Varanasi (CB) 197 00996 14,119
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.