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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800558

Abu Road 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.
Population55,599people
Households11,269PCA households
Literacy rate80.81%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.88%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople55,59929,45426,145
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,6133,6073,006
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+39,58723,16616,421
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.81%89.63%70.97%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,7396,6446,095
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,8913,0712,820
Total workersCensus workers17,72615,3102,416
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.88%51.98%9.24%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,56314,5092,054
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,163801362
Non-workerspeople37,87314,14423,729

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 3223; 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 11,269 households and 55,599 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.89% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 89.63% and female literacy was 70.97%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 17,726 Census workers, 93.44% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1864
Agricultural labourers37940
Household industry workers53377
Other workers15,4651,042

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
Abu Road (M + OG)1170059555,599

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 52,363 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople52,36327,53124,832
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,2093,3912,818
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+37,67721,87115,806
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.63%90.6%71.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,4406,4895,951
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,1312,6792,452
Total workersCensus workers16,12314,0082,115
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.79%50.88%8.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months15,04213,2701,772
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,081738343
Non-workerspeople36,24013,52322,717

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3224; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks