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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800319

Kotdwara population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Uttarakhand, 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.
Population33,035people
Households7,005PCA households
Literacy rate86.29%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.84%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople33,03517,15715,878
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,0342,1871,847
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+25,02413,50811,516
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.29%90.23%82.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,757879878
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople21138
Total workersCensus workers9,5288,2511,277
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.84%48.09%8.04%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,9447,8301,114
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months584421163
Non-workerspeople23,5078,90614,601

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 1626; 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 7,005 households and 33,035 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.21% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.23% and female literacy was 82.08%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 9,528 Census workers, 93.87% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2333
Agricultural labourers2628
Household industry workers25939
Other workers8,636484

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
Kotdwara (NPP + OG)0610031333,035

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 28,859 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople28,85915,11713,742
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,5391,9171,622
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+21,63511,7839,852
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.45%89.27%81.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,693843850
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople21138
Total workersCensus workers8,5967,5041,092
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.79%49.64%7.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,1657,169996
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months43133596
Non-workerspeople20,2637,61312,650

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1627; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks