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Town · Census 2011 · code 801428

Itanagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Arunachal 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.
Population59,490people
Households13,465PCA households
Literacy rate85.17%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.68%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople59,49030,49728,993
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,6243,9833,641
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+44,17223,99720,175
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.17%90.51%79.58%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople000
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople34,02616,41917,607
Total workersCensus workers23,01315,0327,981
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.68%49.29%27.53%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,42012,1785,242
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,5932,8542,739
Non-workerspeople36,47715,46521,012

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7913; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,465 households and 59,490 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.82% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.51% for males and 79.58% for females.
  • Of 23,013 workers, 75.7% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators174165
Agricultural labourers115178
Household industry workers257286
Other workers16,8744,964

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
Itanagar (NT)2480159659,490

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.