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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802618

Valsad population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Gujarat · Census 2011Valsad 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.
Population139,764people
Households31,374PCA households
Literacy rate91.52%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.86%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople139,76471,40068,364
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,1986,4975,701
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+116,75461,39555,359
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.52%94.6%88.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,9091,9731,936
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople27,71013,67014,040
Total workersCensus workers50,11639,38310,733
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.86%55.16%15.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,82736,4588,369
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,2892,9252,364
Non-workerspeople89,64832,01757,631

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18698; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 31,374 households and 139,764 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.73% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.6% for males and 88.34% for females.
  • Of 50,116 workers, 89.45% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators436127
Agricultural labourers539258
Household industry workers804303
Other workers43,0484,601

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
Valsad (M + OG)49103927139,764

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 114,636 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople114,63658,62456,012
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,1775,4094,768
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+95,24650,14045,106
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.18%94.22%88.02%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,5841,7981,786
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople23,38011,55611,824
Total workersCensus workers40,81032,2228,588
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.6%54.96%15.33%
Main workersworked at least 6 months37,01830,1206,898
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,7922,1021,690
Non-workerspeople73,82626,40247,424

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18699; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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