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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800359

Hardwar 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.
Population231,338people
Households47,251PCA households
Literacy rate83.85%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.92%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople231,338123,455107,883
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–628,01414,85113,163
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+170,48395,34275,141
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.85%87.79%79.33%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople31,88016,68015,200
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople434229205
Total workersCensus workers76,15665,54610,610
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.92%53.09%9.83%
Main workersworked at least 6 months67,60959,2988,311
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,5476,2482,299
Non-workerspeople155,18257,90997,273

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 1840; 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 47,251 households and 231,338 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.11% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.79% and female literacy was 79.33%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 76,156 Census workers, 88.78% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators23186
Agricultural labourers575290
Household industry workers2,079317
Other workers64,7247,854

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
Hardwar (NPP + OG)06800354231,338

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 228,832 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople228,832122,007106,825
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–627,67714,67113,006
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+168,57694,20274,374
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.8%87.76%79.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople31,47116,45915,012
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople423222201
Total workersCensus workers75,26364,80110,462
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.89%53.11%9.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months66,87358,6808,193
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,3906,1212,269
Non-workerspeople153,56957,20696,363

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1841; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks