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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802445

Bhuj population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Gujarat, using 2011 geography.

Gujarat · Census 2011Kachchh district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population148,834people
Households33,402PCA households
Literacy rate86.44%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.69%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople148,83478,81370,021
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–617,2809,0898,191
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+113,71263,25750,455
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.44%90.72%81.6%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,4954,4174,078
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,8381,4721,366
Total workersCensus workers56,09046,6919,399
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.69%59.24%13.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months49,41142,8736,538
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,6793,8182,861
Non-workerspeople92,74432,12260,622

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17698; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 33,402 households and 148,834 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.61% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.72% for males and 81.6% for females.
  • Of 56,090 workers, 88.09% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators334234
Agricultural labourers424101
Household industry workers749348
Other workers47,9045,996

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
Bhuj (M + OG)46803726148,834

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 143,286 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople143,28675,91467,372
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,5928,7097,883
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+109,70661,05148,655
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.59%90.84%81.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,8744,0883,786
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,3791,2161,163
Total workersCensus workers53,92145,0558,866
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.63%59.35%13.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months47,67141,4266,245
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,2503,6292,621
Non-workerspeople89,36530,85958,506

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17699; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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