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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800446

Ganganagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Rajasthan, 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.
Population237,780people
Households49,268PCA households
Literacy rate82.25%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.78%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople237,780127,840109,940
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–626,71314,67312,040
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+173,61099,39274,218
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.25%87.83%75.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople38,79620,49318,303
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,9572,5992,358
Total workersCensus workers82,70469,54413,160
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.78%54.4%11.97%
Main workersworked at least 6 months77,83666,50311,333
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,8683,0411,827
Non-workerspeople155,07658,29696,780

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 2569; 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 49,268 households and 237,780 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.23% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.83% and female literacy was 75.81%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 82,704 Census workers, 94.11% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators86546
Agricultural labourers827220
Household industry workers2,244191
Other workers73,9004,411

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
Ganganagar (M Cl + OG)09900458237,780

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 224,532 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople224,532120,778103,754
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–625,04513,75811,287
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+164,69294,20970,483
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.56%88.03%76.23%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople36,94719,51917,428
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,6522,4382,214
Total workersCensus workers78,24565,82712,418
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.85%54.5%11.97%
Main workersworked at least 6 months73,71762,95910,758
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,5282,8681,660
Non-workerspeople146,28754,95191,336

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2570; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks