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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800212

Jalalabad 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.
Population39,525people
Households8,042PCA households
Literacy rate80.69%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.23%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople39,52521,11518,410
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,6802,5852,095
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+28,11715,59612,521
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.69%84.17%76.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,2005,8645,336
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers13,53011,4392,091
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.23%54.17%11.36%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,12710,4761,651
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,403963440
Non-workerspeople25,9959,67616,319

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 1170; 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 8,042 households and 39,525 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.84% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 84.17% and female literacy was 76.75%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 13,530 Census workers, 89.63% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators48616
Agricultural labourers12480
Household industry workers14624
Other workers11,3711,283

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
Jalalabad (M Cl + OG)0430023639,525

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 38,965 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople38,96520,77118,194
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,6122,5452,067
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+27,69815,32512,373
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.63%84.08%76.72%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople11,0355,7715,264
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers13,30011,2222,078
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.13%54.03%11.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,91710,2751,642
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,383947436
Non-workerspeople25,6659,54916,116

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1171; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks