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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802551

Bhavnagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Bhavnagar 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.
Population605,882people
Households126,087PCA households
Literacy rate84.86%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.59%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople605,882315,429290,453
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–667,06836,36730,701
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+457,252251,906205,346
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.86%90.27%79.05%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople36,33318,78417,549
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,9902,0291,961
Total workersCensus workers203,500174,12329,377
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.59%55.2%10.11%
Main workersworked at least 6 months187,942164,59223,350
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months15,5589,5316,027
Non-workerspeople402,382141,306261,076

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18310; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 126,087 households and 605,882 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.07% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.27% for males and 79.05% for females.
  • Of 203,500 workers, 92.35% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,191257
Agricultural labourers1,529256
Household industry workers3,007863
Other workers182,21514,182

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
Bhavnagar (M Corp. + OG)48103854605,882

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 593,368 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople593,368308,892284,476
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–665,74135,64230,099
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+446,905246,326200,579
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.7%90.15%78.85%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople36,21718,72017,497
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,9321,9941,938
Total workersCensus workers199,421170,58428,837
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.61%55.22%10.14%
Main workersworked at least 6 months184,066161,17622,890
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months15,3559,4085,947
Non-workerspeople393,947138,308255,639

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18311; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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