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Town · Census 2011 · code 800964

Salon 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 is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population14,757people
Households2,130PCA households
Literacy rate74.34%% of people aged 7+
Work participation26.5%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,7577,4797,278
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,0591,0461,013
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+9,4405,1654,275
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+74.34%80.29%68.24%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,000506494
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople211
Total workersCensus workers3,9103,382528
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.5%45.22%7.25%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,5722,304268
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,3381,078260
Non-workerspeople10,8474,0976,750

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 4644; 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 2,130 households and 14,757 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 13.95% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 80.29% and female literacy was 68.24%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 3,910 Census workers, 65.78% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators25420
Agricultural labourers148626
Household industry workers25588
Other workers1,915604

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
Salon (NP)1580082914,757

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