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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800205

Zira 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.
Population37,498people
Households7,182PCA households
Literacy rate77.15%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.47%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople37,49819,61017,888
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,3802,3542,026
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+25,54913,97911,570
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.15%81.01%72.94%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,8486,1365,712
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers12,92510,7052,220
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.47%54.59%12.41%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,5119,8881,623
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,414817597
Non-workerspeople24,5738,90515,668

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 1155; 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 7,182 households and 37,498 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.68% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 81.01% and female literacy was 72.94%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 12,925 Census workers, 89.06% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators49819
Agricultural labourers75482
Household industry workers231320
Other workers10,028993

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
Zira (M Cl + OG)0430023437,498

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 36,732 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople36,73219,20717,525
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,3102,3191,991
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+24,98613,66811,318
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.06%80.93%72.86%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,5955,9975,598
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers12,68410,4892,195
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.53%54.61%12.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,2749,6731,601
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,410816594
Non-workerspeople24,0488,71815,330

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1156; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks