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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802479

Gandhinagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Gandhinagar 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.
Population292,797people
Households63,168PCA households
Literacy rate89.36%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.88%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople292,797153,443139,354
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–630,64516,78413,861
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+234,258129,146105,112
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.36%94.5%83.76%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople35,13618,37816,758
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,5495,6504,899
Total workersCensus workers102,13082,50119,629
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.88%53.77%14.09%
Main workersworked at least 6 months88,55173,89814,653
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,5798,6034,976
Non-workerspeople190,66770,942119,725

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17933; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 63,168 households and 292,797 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.47% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.5% for males and 83.76% for females.
  • Of 102,130 workers, 86.7% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators4,145430
Agricultural labourers6,2661,644
Household industry workers1,229570
Other workers76,91110,935

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
Gandhinagar (NA + OG)47303775292,797

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 206,167 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople206,167107,49298,675
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–620,07111,0499,022
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+169,35991,79177,568
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.01%95.18%86.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople29,48915,36014,129
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople9,6425,0804,562
Total workersCensus workers69,62655,75813,868
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.77%51.87%14.05%
Main workersworked at least 6 months61,73851,19610,542
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,8884,5623,326
Non-workerspeople136,54151,73484,807

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17934; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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