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Margao population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Goa, 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 87,650 people
Households 21,406 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.09% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.68% % 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 87,650 44,367 43,283 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,688 4,422 4,266 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 71,928 37,382 34,546 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.09% 93.58% 88.54% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,581 767 814 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 4,857 2,297 2,560 Total workersCensus workers 35,656 25,846 9,810 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.68% 58.26% 22.66% Main workersworked at least 6 months 32,696 24,073 8,623 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,960 1,773 1,187 Non-workerspeople 51,994 18,521 33,473
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 21,406 households and 87,650 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.91% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.58% for males and 88.54% for females. Of 35,656 workers, 91.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 183 67 Agricultural labourers 96 58 Household industry workers 777 208 Other workers 31,640 2,627
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 Margao (M Cl) 586 05616 87,650
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.