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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802522

Porbandar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Porbandar 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.
Population152,760people
Households32,568PCA households
Literacy rate85.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.06%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople152,76078,60474,156
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,9347,9227,012
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+117,96363,98853,975
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.59%90.53%80.39%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,1304,0974,033
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,005519486
Total workersCensus workers52,02744,3607,667
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.06%56.43%10.34%
Main workersworked at least 6 months46,17040,3255,845
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,8574,0351,822
Non-workerspeople100,73334,24466,489

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18161; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 32,568 households and 152,760 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.78% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.53% for males and 80.39% for females.
  • Of 52,027 workers, 88.74% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators547101
Agricultural labourers330112
Household industry workers514110
Other workers44,7795,534

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
Porbandar (M + OG)47803822152,760

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 151,770 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople151,77078,09773,673
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,8097,8516,958
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+117,45263,69953,753
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.76%90.68%80.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,1244,0934,031
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,005519486
Total workersCensus workers51,62844,0457,583
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.02%56.4%10.29%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,77240,0115,761
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,8564,0341,822
Non-workerspeople100,14234,05266,090

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18162; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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