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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802464

Mahesana 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.
Population190,753people
Households39,767PCA households
Literacy rate89.64%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.87%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople190,753100,55890,195
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–619,61311,1438,470
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+153,40784,21069,197
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.64%94.18%84.67%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople21,85711,45710,400
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,6631,3791,284
Total workersCensus workers62,69853,1309,568
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.87%52.84%10.61%
Main workersworked at least 6 months54,75448,1266,628
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,9445,0042,940
Non-workerspeople128,05547,42880,627

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17838; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 39,767 households and 190,753 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.28% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.18% for males and 84.67% for females.
  • Of 62,698 workers, 87.33% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators458149
Agricultural labourers634339
Household industry workers831649
Other workers52,8316,807

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
Mahesana (M + OG)47103757190,753

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 184,991 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople184,99197,44087,551
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–618,94610,7518,195
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+148,85181,64767,204
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.64%94.18%84.69%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople21,00410,98410,020
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,5671,3241,243
Total workersCensus workers60,75651,5059,251
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.84%52.86%10.57%
Main workersworked at least 6 months53,12846,7286,400
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,6284,7772,851
Non-workerspeople124,23545,93578,300

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17839; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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