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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 143,229 people
Households 31,025 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.81% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.27% % 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 143,229 70,135 73,094 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 14,317 7,394 6,923 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 119,642 59,479 60,163 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.81% 94.8% 90.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,551 768 783 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 73,307 32,843 40,464 Total workersCensus workers 54,807 36,491 18,316 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.27% 52.03% 25.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 52,751 35,411 17,340 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,056 1,080 976 Non-workerspeople 88,422 33,644 54,778
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 31,025 households and 143,229 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.8% for males and 90.92% for females. Of 54,807 workers, 96.25% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 64 29 Agricultural labourers 80 30 Household industry workers 306 41 Other workers 52,301 1,956
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 (MB) 298 01989 143,229
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.