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Silvassa population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 98,265 people
Households 24,105 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.01% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.99% % 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 98,265 55,982 42,283 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 14,230 7,665 6,565 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 76,481 45,825 30,656 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.01% 94.84% 85.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,377 1,239 1,138 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 12,989 6,481 6,508 Total workersCensus workers 40,277 34,615 5,662 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.99% 61.83% 13.39% Main workersworked at least 6 months 37,332 33,166 4,166 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,945 1,449 1,496 Non-workerspeople 57,988 21,367 36,621
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 24,105 households and 98,265 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.48% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.84% for males and 85.83% for females. Of 40,277 workers, 92.69% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 661 181 Agricultural labourers 219 259 Household industry workers 331 119 Other workers 36,121 2,386
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 Silvassa (M CI) 496 03949 98,265
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.