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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800544

Jodhpur 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.
Population1,056,191people
Households196,436PCA households
Literacy rate80.33%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.56%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,056,191555,371500,820
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6134,76171,32563,436
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+740,216420,897319,319
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.33%86.95%73.01%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople133,39568,81164,584
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople25,25313,23112,022
Total workersCensus workers343,901290,83853,063
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.56%52.37%10.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months307,644267,87639,768
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months36,25722,96213,295
Non-workerspeople712,290264,533447,757

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 3114; 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 196,436 households and 1,056,191 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.76% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 86.95% and female literacy was 73.01%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 343,901 Census workers, 89.46% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,602995
Agricultural labourers3,6731,140
Household industry workers15,1932,486
Other workers286,17631,636

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
Jodhpur (M Corp. + OG)113005701,056,191

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 1,033,756 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,033,756543,120490,636
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6131,65669,64962,007
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+729,012414,138314,874
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.81%87.47%73.46%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople131,37567,76063,615
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople24,50812,85011,658
Total workersCensus workers336,460284,88251,578
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.55%52.45%10.51%
Main workersworked at least 6 months300,989262,38838,601
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months35,47122,49412,977
Non-workerspeople697,296258,238439,058

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3115; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks