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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800124

Baddi population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Himachal Pradesh, 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.
Population29,911people
Households8,352PCA households
Literacy rate86.33%% of people aged 7+
Work participation53.44%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople29,91119,33210,579
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,8832,1211,762
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+22,46915,5386,931
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.33%90.28%78.61%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,4632,1441,319
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople899531368
Total workersCensus workers15,98314,0361,947
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population53.44%72.61%18.4%
Main workersworked at least 6 months15,50813,7191,789
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months475317158
Non-workerspeople13,9285,2968,632

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 762; 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 8,352 households and 29,911 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.98% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.28% and female literacy was 78.61%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 15,983 Census workers, 97.03% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators49321
Agricultural labourers8016
Household industry workers1909
Other workers14,745429

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
Baddi (M Cl + OG)0310016229,911

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 25,639 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople25,63916,8798,760
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,2031,7691,434
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+19,95413,9296,025
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.94%92.18%82.24%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,6001,696904
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople889523366
Total workersCensus workers14,05312,4861,567
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population54.81%73.97%17.89%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,69612,2671,429
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months357219138
Non-workerspeople11,5864,3937,193

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 763; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks