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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800437

Palwal 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.
Population131,926people
Households23,742PCA households
Literacy rate81.39%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.63%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople131,92669,99761,929
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–617,3669,5757,791
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+93,24153,39939,842
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.39%88.38%73.59%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople25,72413,49312,231
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers39,09332,5986,495
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.63%46.57%10.49%
Main workersworked at least 6 months32,31027,5724,738
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,7835,0261,757
Non-workerspeople92,83337,39955,434

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 2288; 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 23,742 households and 131,926 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 13.16% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 88.38% and female literacy was 73.59%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 39,093 Census workers, 82.65% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators931212
Agricultural labourers1,032850
Household industry workers1,319492
Other workers29,0285,229

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
Palwal (M Cl + OG)08900427131,926

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 128,730 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople128,73068,31660,414
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,8209,2727,548
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+91,29652,22639,070
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.58%88.45%73.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,49012,84811,642
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers38,36731,9246,443
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.8%46.73%10.66%
Main workersworked at least 6 months31,78027,0744,706
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,5874,8501,737
Non-workerspeople90,36336,39253,971

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2289; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks