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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802486

Dholka population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Ahmadabad 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.
Population80,945people
Households16,584PCA households
Literacy rate82.13%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.75%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople80,94541,90539,040
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,7765,2724,504
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+58,45032,12426,326
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.13%87.69%76.23%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,3374,3893,948
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople408227181
Total workersCensus workers28,93623,1735,763
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.75%55.3%14.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months24,29520,3843,911
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,6412,7891,852
Non-workerspeople52,00918,73233,277

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17973; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 16,584 households and 80,945 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.08% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.69% for males and 76.23% for females.
  • Of 28,936 workers, 83.96% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators82175
Agricultural labourers2,951771
Household industry workers2,151648
Other workers18,3723,147

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
Dholka (M + OG)4740378380,945

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 79,531 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople79,53141,15738,374
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,4975,1314,366
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+57,93131,77226,159
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.72%88.19%76.92%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,3374,3893,948
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople394219175
Total workersCensus workers28,34622,7735,573
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.64%55.33%14.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months23,71219,9873,725
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,6342,7861,848
Non-workerspeople51,18518,38432,801

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17974; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks