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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802501

Rajkot population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Rajkot 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.
Population1,323,363people
Households286,838PCA households
Literacy rate87.64%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.93%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,323,363693,473629,890
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6142,60277,65864,944
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,034,835562,534472,301
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.64%91.35%83.6%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople86,26544,47341,792
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople11,5235,9905,533
Total workersCensus workers462,289400,74861,541
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.93%57.79%9.77%
Main workersworked at least 6 months435,218385,87249,346
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months27,07114,87612,195
Non-workerspeople861,074292,725568,349

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18068; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 286,838 households and 1,323,363 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.78% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.35% for males and 83.6% for females.
  • Of 462,289 workers, 94.14% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3,409432
Agricultural labourers2,468584
Household industry workers8,9842,068
Other workers420,35723,987

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
Rajkot (M Corp. + OG)476038031,323,363

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 1,286,678 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,286,678674,355612,323
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6138,05275,20562,847
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,008,485547,979460,506
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.8%91.46%83.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople83,04842,78440,264
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople11,1885,8305,358
Total workersCensus workers449,100389,71759,383
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.9%57.79%9.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months423,438375,61747,821
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months25,66214,10011,562
Non-workerspeople837,578284,638552,940

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18069; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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