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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 1,198,491 people
Households 190,835 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.55% % 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 1,198,491 635,140 563,351 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 135,677 72,442 63,235 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 842,497 469,653 372,844 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.27% 83.46% 74.55% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 82,190 44,058 38,132 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6,595 3,558 3,037 Total workersCensus workers 402,122 324,925 77,197 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.55% 51.16% 13.7% Main workersworked at least 6 months 339,305 285,456 53,849 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 62,817 39,469 23,348 Non-workerspeople 796,369 310,215 486,154
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 190,835 households and 1,198,491 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.32% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.46% for males and 74.55% for females. Of 402,122 workers, 84.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 6,454 1,624 Agricultural labourers 6,783 2,925 Household industry workers 75,508 12,100 Other workers 250,560 46,168
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 (M Corp.) 197 00996 1,198,491
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.