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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802468

Idar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Sabar 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.
Population42,306people
Households8,688PCA households
Literacy rate83.36%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.81%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople42,30621,94020,366
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,0522,7252,327
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+31,05417,28913,765
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.36%89.98%76.31%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,7682,4282,340
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,4791,8601,619
Total workersCensus workers15,15111,9043,247
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.81%54.26%15.94%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,7649,7582,006
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,3872,1461,241
Non-workerspeople27,15510,03617,119

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17867; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 8,688 households and 42,306 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.94% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.98% for males and 76.31% for females.
  • Of 15,151 workers, 77.65% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators51347
Agricultural labourers612163
Household industry workers267109
Other workers10,3723,068

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
Idar (M + OG)4720376342,306

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 31,176 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople31,17616,16515,011
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,7592,0301,729
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+22,43912,5289,911
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.84%88.63%74.62%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,4991,7761,723
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,0111,6021,409
Total workersCensus workers10,8048,8051,999
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.65%54.47%13.32%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,2267,0821,144
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5781,723855
Non-workerspeople20,3727,36013,012

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17868; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks