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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802461

Visnagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Mahesana 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.
Population76,753people
Households16,271PCA households
Literacy rate89.96%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.89%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople76,75340,18136,572
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,0843,9493,135
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+62,67334,25728,416
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.96%94.55%84.98%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,9002,5522,348
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,238636602
Total workersCensus workers26,01421,6444,370
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.89%53.87%11.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months22,10719,1722,935
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,9072,4721,435
Non-workerspeople50,73918,53732,202

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17822; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 16,271 households and 76,753 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.23% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.55% for males and 84.98% for females.
  • Of 26,014 workers, 84.98% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators58659
Agricultural labourers1,034238
Household industry workers285174
Other workers20,2023,436

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
Visnagar (M + OG)4710375476,753

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 63,073 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople63,07333,03330,040
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7743,2242,550
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+51,15628,09423,062
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.28%94.25%83.89%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,9401,5311,409
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,171598573
Total workersCensus workers21,67617,9383,738
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.37%54.3%12.44%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,20115,7812,420
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4752,1571,318
Non-workerspeople41,39715,09526,302

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17823; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks