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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800144

Pathankot population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Punjab, 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.
Population156,306people
Households31,960PCA households
Literacy rate87.9%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.7%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople156,30682,04574,261
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,9668,3076,659
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+124,24067,10757,133
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.9%91.01%84.51%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople32,91817,22315,695
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers51,11742,5768,541
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.7%51.89%11.5%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,09737,5776,520
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,0204,9992,021
Non-workerspeople105,18939,46965,720

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 928; 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 31,960 households and 156,306 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.57% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.01% and female literacy was 84.51%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 51,117 Census workers, 86.27% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators379195
Agricultural labourers551228
Household industry workers961554
Other workers42,2066,043

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
Pathankot (M Cl + OG)03500201156,306

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 148,937 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople148,93778,11770,820
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,2217,8716,350
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+118,53363,95854,575
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.99%91.05%84.65%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople29,85515,58414,271
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers48,79140,6428,149
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.76%52.03%11.51%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,13135,9276,204
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,6604,7151,945
Non-workerspeople100,14637,47562,671

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 929; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks