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Municipal corporation · Census 2011 · code 800951

Lucknow 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.

Uttar Pradesh · Census 2011Lucknow district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population2,817,105people
Households538,149PCA households
Literacy rate82.5%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.52%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople2,817,1051,460,9701,356,135
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6293,697154,226139,471
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+2,081,7271,124,261957,466
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.5%86.04%78.7%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople302,938159,411143,527
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,3193,3762,943
Total workersCensus workers944,295755,085189,210
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.52%51.68%13.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months756,483635,852120,631
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months187,812119,23368,579
Non-workerspeople1,872,810705,8851,166,925

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 4604; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 538,149 households and 2,817,105 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.43% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 86.04% and female literacy was 78.7%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 944,295 Census workers, 80.11% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators9,6755,233
Agricultural labourers13,4338,280
Household industry workers47,08614,860
Other workers686,289159,439

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.

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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
Lucknow (M Corp.)157008212,817,105

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.