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Town · Census 2011 · code 800039

Duru Verinag 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.

Jammu and Kashmir · Census 2011Anantnag district
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.
Population22,968people
Households3,133PCA households
Literacy rate72.05%% of people aged 7+
Work participation54.92%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople22,96812,56710,401
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,9992,2421,757
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+13,6688,3405,328
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+72.05%80.77%61.64%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople34340
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople327173154
Total workersCensus workers12,6157,2795,336
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population54.92%57.92%51.3%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,6234,193430
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,9923,0864,906
Non-workerspeople10,3535,2885,065

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 302; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 3,133 households and 22,968 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 17.41% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 80.77% and female literacy was 61.64%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 12,615 Census workers, 36.65% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2154,482
Agricultural labourers1901,402
Household industry workers105343
Other workers4,1131,765

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.

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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.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Duru Verinag (MC)0140005822,968

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