Browse the place directories and read the reference tables below. Search and interactive comparisons need JavaScript.

Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800006

Baramula population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Jammu and Kashmir, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and geography.

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.
Population71,434people
Households11,725PCA households
Literacy rate79.6%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.68%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,43438,67732,757
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,8784,8514,027
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+49,79729,52220,275
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.6%87.28%70.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople91910
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople503020
Total workersCensus workers23,34620,4372,909
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.68%52.84%8.88%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,87917,8841,995
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4672,553914
Non-workerspeople48,08818,24029,848

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 179; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 11,725 households and 71,434 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.43% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.28% and female literacy was 70.57%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 23,346 Census workers, 85.15% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators293327
Agricultural labourers221412
Household industry workers12791
Other workers19,2382,637

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

Read the full definitions and research guidance

Download the field definitions

Source components of this town

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Baramula (M Cl + OG)0080003571,434

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 58,053 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople58,05331,91126,142
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,1913,9523,239
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+41,08524,70516,380
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.78%88.36%71.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople91910
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople493019
Total workersCensus workers19,86117,3852,476
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.21%54.48%9.47%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,85215,2051,647
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,0092,180829
Non-workerspeople38,19214,52623,666

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 180; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks