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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800385

Panipat population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Haryana, 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.
Population295,970people
Households60,905PCA households
Literacy rate82.74%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.49%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople295,970158,063137,907
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–637,32320,17217,151
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+213,996120,19493,802
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.74%87.17%77.68%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople32,59917,25715,342
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers102,07484,40417,670
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.49%53.4%12.81%
Main workersworked at least 6 months92,53578,57613,959
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,5395,8283,711
Non-workerspeople193,89673,659120,237

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 1997; 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 60,905 households and 295,970 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.61% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.17% and female literacy was 77.68%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 102,074 Census workers, 90.65% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators564115
Agricultural labourers1,063226
Household industry workers5,126704
Other workers85,7828,494

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
Panipat (M Cl + OG)07500375295,970

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 294,292 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople294,292157,148137,144
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–637,02720,01817,009
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+213,121119,65093,471
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.84%87.25%77.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople32,44917,17615,273
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers101,54183,93817,603
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.5%53.41%12.84%
Main workersworked at least 6 months92,03578,11513,920
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,5065,8233,683
Non-workerspeople192,75173,210119,541

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 1998; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks