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Ambarnath population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Maharashtra, 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 253,475 people
Households 58,407 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.22% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.06% % 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 253,475 132,582 120,893 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 28,449 14,855 13,594 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 196,261 107,126 89,135 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.22% 91% 83.07% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 35,377 17,962 17,415 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 9,645 4,915 4,730 Total workersCensus workers 91,407 72,275 19,132 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.06% 54.51% 15.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 85,272 67,996 17,276 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,135 4,279 1,856 Non-workerspeople 162,068 60,307 101,761
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 58,407 households and 253,475 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.22% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91% for males and 83.07% for females. Of 91,407 workers, 93.29% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 398 52 Agricultural labourers 423 60 Household industry workers 1,652 225 Other workers 82,799 5,798
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 Ambarnath(M Cl) 517 04170 253,475
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.
Religion in Census 2011 Scroll sideways for all columns.
Residents by reported religion Community Residents Share Hindu 1,99,512 78.71% Muslim 26,030 10.27% Christian 11,662 4.60% Sikh 712 0.28% Buddhist 13,257 5.23% Jain 1,586 0.63% Other religions and persuasions 120 0.05% Religion not stated 596 0.24%
Source: Census C-01 · Original workbook · workbook row 1059 · checked 2026-11-09.
Slum population in Census 2011 Census recorded 1,58,750 residents in 35,483 slum households, or 62.63% of this town’s population. The denominator is the matched town boundary. The table measures the Census 2011 slum definition.
Source: Census PCA Slum · Original workbook · workbook row 1711 · checked 2026-11-09.
Municipal wards in Census 2011 Scroll sideways for all columns.
Published ward rows Ward Residents Households Ward 1 5,136 1,078 Ward 2 6,060 1,320 Ward 3 6,481 1,445 Ward 4 5,481 1,227 Ward 5 7,499 1,763 Ward 6 7,725 1,670 Ward 7 3,646 763 Ward 8 4,029 867 Ward 9 3,850 853 Ward 10 3,543 745 Ward 11 4,360 864 Ward 12 3,960 867 Ward 13 5,782 1,297 Ward 14 1,851 421 Ward 15 3,531 830 Ward 16 1,159 241 Ward 17 3,986 948 Ward 18 3,551 862 Ward 19 4,718 1,073 Ward 20 5,292 1,136 Ward 21 4,940 1,050 Ward 22 3,937 844 Ward 23 3,207 702 Ward 24 4,348 905 Ward 25 3,677 874 Ward 26 4,249 876 Ward 27 3,723 838 Ward 28 4,007 846 Ward 29 3,963 857 Ward 30 3,792 888 Ward 31 3,880 786 Ward 32 3,807 888 Ward 33 4,948 1,235 Ward 34 4,408 1,050 Ward 35 9,270 2,250 Ward 36 7,765 1,893 Ward 37 8,738 2,094 Ward 38 5,016 1,144 Ward 39 4,640 1,144 Ward 40 4,844 1,229 Ward 41 6,003 1,495 Ward 42 4,465 1,174 Ward 43 7,147 1,834 Ward 44 5,945 1,459 Ward 45 6,765 1,666 Ward 46 8,407 2,082 Ward 47 8,507 2,041 Ward 48 6,202 1,483 Ward 49 7,906 1,830 Ward 50 3,329 680
Source: Thane PCA town and ward workbook · Original workbook · checked 2026-11-09.