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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802450

Palanpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Banas Kantha 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.
Population141,592people
Households29,026PCA households
Literacy rate85.2%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.5%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople141,59274,08867,504
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,4938,9227,571
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+106,58160,24246,339
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.2%92.44%77.32%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,4617,1586,303
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,4382,3102,128
Total workersCensus workers43,18237,8365,346
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.5%51.07%7.92%
Main workersworked at least 6 months40,63436,1704,464
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5481,666882
Non-workerspeople98,41036,25262,158

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17754; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 29,026 households and 141,592 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.65% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.44% for males and 77.32% for females.
  • Of 43,182 workers, 94.1% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators90660
Agricultural labourers31956
Household industry workers53082
Other workers38,8792,350

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
Palanpur (M + OG)46903739141,592

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 122,344 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople122,34463,97458,370
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,5087,8186,690
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+91,07851,55739,521
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.46%91.81%76.47%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,3237,0846,239
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,2882,2322,056
Total workersCensus workers37,17432,6454,529
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.38%51.03%7.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months34,90631,1203,786
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,2681,525743
Non-workerspeople85,17031,32953,841

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17755; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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