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Surat population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Gujarat, using 2011 geography.
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. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 4,501,610 people
Households 984,488 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.86% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.29% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 4,501,610 2,565,803 1,935,807 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 553,703 306,265 247,438 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,468,559 2,060,572 1,407,987 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.86% 91.19% 83.39% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 105,911 55,597 50,314 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 136,487 70,932 65,555 Total workersCensus workers 1,813,686 1,618,702 194,984 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.29% 63.09% 10.07% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,747,965 1,582,499 165,466 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 65,721 36,203 29,518 Non-workerspeople 2,687,924 947,101 1,740,823
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 984,488 households and 4,501,610 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.3% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.19% for males and 83.39% for females. Of 1,813,686 workers, 96.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 7,345 807 Agricultural labourers 14,719 1,319 Household industry workers 26,274 7,429 Other workers 1,699,627 56,166
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Surat (M Corp.) 492 03937 4,467,797 Surat (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 492 03938 33,813
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.