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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800084

Kathua 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.
Population59,866people
Households12,061PCA households
Literacy rate86.46%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.03%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople59,86631,71728,149
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,2483,4862,762
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+46,35925,60520,754
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.46%90.7%81.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople14,6997,7016,998
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople870449421
Total workersCensus workers17,97715,2882,689
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.03%48.2%9.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,03313,6872,346
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,9441,601343
Non-workerspeople41,88916,42925,460

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 153; 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 12,061 households and 59,866 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.44% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.7% and female literacy was 81.75%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 17,977 Census workers, 89.19% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators42881
Agricultural labourers18692
Household industry workers10778
Other workers15,3121,693

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.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Kathua (M Cl + OG)0070003059,866

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 51,991 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople51,99127,49624,495
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1802,9232,257
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+41,08122,55818,523
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.76%91.8%83.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,5816,0745,507
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople381194187
Total workersCensus workers15,57413,0802,494
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.96%47.57%10.18%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,84611,6732,173
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,7281,407321
Non-workerspeople36,41714,41622,001

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 154; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks