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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800650

Purquazi population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Uttar Pradesh, 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.
Population29,041people
Households4,458PCA households
Literacy rate57.4%% of people aged 7+
Work participation26.46%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople29,04115,15813,883
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8902,5272,363
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+13,8628,1125,750
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+57.4%64.22%49.91%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,4001,2831,117
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers7,6837,282401
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.46%48.04%2.89%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,0646,764300
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months619518101
Non-workerspeople21,3587,87613,482

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 3771; 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 4,458 households and 29,041 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 16.84% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 64.22% and female literacy was 49.91%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 7,683 Census workers, 91.94% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators6108
Agricultural labourers69273
Household industry workers8425
Other workers5,678513

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
Purquazi (NP + OG)1330070829,041

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 27,516 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople27,51614,33213,184
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,5752,3542,221
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+13,2447,7365,508
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+57.73%64.59%50.24%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,3611,2671,094
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers7,2916,911380
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.5%48.22%2.88%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,6856,401284
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months60651096
Non-workerspeople20,2257,42112,804

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3772; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks