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Shillong population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Meghalaya, 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 11,930 people
Households 2,473 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.65% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.3% % 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 11,930 6,909 5,021 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,205 626 579 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,186 5,558 3,628 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.65% 88.46% 81.67% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 74 47 27 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 422 217 205 Total workersCensus workers 4,808 4,130 678 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.3% 59.78% 13.5% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,571 3,967 604 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 237 163 74 Non-workerspeople 7,122 2,779 4,343
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 2,473 households and 11,930 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.1% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.46% for males and 81.67% for females. Of 4,808 workers, 95.07% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 7 5 Agricultural labourers 29 4 Household industry workers 12 6 Other workers 4,523 222
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 Shillong (CB) 298 01989 11,930
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.