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Greater Mumbai 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 town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This town spans 2 historical districts; use the part counts when listing it within a district. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 12,442,373 people
Households 2,779,943 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.73% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.34% % 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 12,442,373 6,715,931 5,726,442 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,203,770 629,262 574,508 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,084,507 5,633,709 4,450,798 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.73% 92.56% 86.39% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 803,236 411,855 391,381 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 129,653 68,521 61,132 Total workersCensus workers 5,019,417 3,965,331 1,054,086 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.34% 59.04% 18.41% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,725,256 3,786,989 938,267 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 294,161 178,342 115,819 Non-workerspeople 7,422,956 2,750,600 4,672,356
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 2,779,943 households and 12,442,373 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.67% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.56% for males and 86.39% for females. Of 5,019,417 workers, 94.14% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 14,303 7,834 Agricultural labourers 22,707 3,760 Household industry workers 145,635 18,719 Other workers 4,542,611 263,848
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 Greater Mumbai (M Corp.) (Part) 518 99999 9,356,962 Greater Mumbai (M Corp.) (Part) 519 99999 3,085,411
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.