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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802772

Malegaon population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Maharashtra · Census 2011Nashik 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.
Population481,228people
Households80,415PCA households
Literacy rate87.44%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.91%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople481,228244,080237,148
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–677,96940,09237,877
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+352,622184,091168,531
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.44%90.25%84.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople19,1799,6929,487
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople7,9704,0183,952
Total workersCensus workers143,958123,09420,864
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.91%50.43%8.8%
Main workersworked at least 6 months136,656118,40118,255
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,3024,6932,609
Non-workerspeople337,270120,986216,284

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 19758; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 80,415 households and 481,228 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 16.2% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.25% for males and 84.57% for females.
  • Of 143,958 workers, 94.93% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,616214
Agricultural labourers2,486568
Household industry workers3,352583
Other workers129,2025,937

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
Malegaon (M Corp. + OG)51604146481,228

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 471,312 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople471,312238,868232,444
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–676,58539,33237,253
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+345,816180,272165,544
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.61%90.35%84.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople18,1069,1438,963
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,3203,1663,154
Total workersCensus workers139,904120,28219,622
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.68%50.36%8.44%
Main workersworked at least 6 months133,104115,85117,253
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,8004,4312,369
Non-workerspeople331,408118,586212,822

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 19759; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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