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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802596

Vadodara population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Vadodara 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.
Population1,752,371people
Households393,887PCA households
Literacy rate90.48%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.87%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,752,371912,721839,650
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6174,88094,39080,490
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,427,285767,529659,756
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.48%93.79%86.91%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople116,22660,09756,129
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople71,29537,77333,522
Total workersCensus workers593,482497,25196,231
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.87%54.48%11.46%
Main workersworked at least 6 months552,898471,34081,558
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months40,58425,91114,673
Non-workerspeople1,158,889415,470743,419

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18530; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 393,887 households and 1,752,371 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.98% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.79% for males and 86.91% for females.
  • Of 593,482 workers, 93.16% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators5,8481,109
Agricultural labourers9,3832,092
Household industry workers5,4351,235
Other workers532,23236,148

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
Vadodara (M Corp. + OG)486038981,752,371

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 1,670,806 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,670,806869,647801,159
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6165,55989,40276,157
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,364,157732,121632,036
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.63%93.83%87.18%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople108,82456,29152,533
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople63,79433,80529,989
Total workersCensus workers564,835473,67791,158
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.81%54.47%11.38%
Main workersworked at least 6 months528,553450,35978,194
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months36,28223,31812,964
Non-workerspeople1,105,971395,970710,001

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18531; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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