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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802557

Mahuva 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.
Population98,519people
Households17,607PCA households
Literacy rate79.22%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.85%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople98,51950,58847,931
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,5406,5505,990
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+68,10938,02030,089
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.22%86.33%71.74%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,4391,7491,690
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1297653
Total workersCensus workers32,36127,8904,471
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.85%55.13%9.33%
Main workersworked at least 6 months28,83225,6393,193
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,5292,2511,278
Non-workerspeople66,15822,69843,460

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18339; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 17,607 households and 98,519 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.73% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.33% for males and 71.74% for females.
  • Of 32,361 workers, 89.09% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators47554
Agricultural labourers1,637432
Household industry workers695214
Other workers26,0252,829

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
Mahuva (M + OG)4810386098,519

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 82,772 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople82,77242,56240,210
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,2415,3954,846
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+57,98032,39825,582
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.94%87.17%72.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,3901,7251,665
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1146846
Total workersCensus workers27,48923,6423,847
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.21%55.55%9.57%
Main workersworked at least 6 months24,73821,9222,816
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,7511,7201,031
Non-workerspeople55,28318,92036,363

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18340; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks