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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802516

Jamnagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Jamnagar 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.
Population600,943people
Households125,538PCA households
Literacy rate82.18%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.03%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople600,943313,214287,729
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–663,95334,27829,675
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+441,320242,978198,342
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.18%87.11%76.86%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople43,60222,65320,949
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,1142,6442,470
Total workersCensus workers210,502177,45433,048
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.03%56.66%11.49%
Main workersworked at least 6 months185,385162,06523,320
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months25,11715,3899,728
Non-workerspeople390,441135,760254,681

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18126; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 125,538 households and 600,943 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.64% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.11% for males and 76.86% for females.
  • Of 210,502 workers, 88.07% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,449619
Agricultural labourers1,666585
Household industry workers3,7611,408
Other workers177,50922,505

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
Jamnagar (M Corp. + OG)47703814600,943

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 479,920 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople479,920248,947230,973
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–650,09726,87323,224
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+353,058192,987160,071
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.14%86.9%77.05%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople36,09418,77817,316
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,2782,2062,072
Total workersCensus workers165,922139,87126,051
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.57%56.19%11.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months146,387127,64418,743
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months19,53512,2277,308
Non-workerspeople313,998109,076204,922

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18127; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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