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Puri population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Odisha, 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 200,564 people
Households 41,140 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.03% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.79% % 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 200,564 104,086 96,478 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 18,471 9,610 8,861 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 160,301 86,328 73,973 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.03% 91.38% 84.43% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 15,627 7,869 7,758 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,022 587 435 Total workersCensus workers 71,788 58,806 12,982 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.79% 56.5% 13.46% Main workersworked at least 6 months 66,752 55,988 10,764 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,036 2,818 2,218 Non-workerspeople 128,776 45,280 83,496
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 41,140 households and 200,564 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.21% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.38% for males and 84.43% for females. Of 71,788 workers, 92.98% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 121 127 Agricultural labourers 395 287 Household industry workers 2,710 413 Other workers 63,526 4,209
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 Puri (M) 387 03070 200,564
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.