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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802450

Palanpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Gujarat, 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.
Population141,592people
Households29,026PCA households
Literacy rate85.2%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.5%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople141,59274,08867,504
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,4938,9227,571
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+106,58160,24246,339
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.2%92.44%77.32%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,4617,1586,303
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,4382,3102,128
Total workersCensus workers43,18237,8365,346
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.5%51.07%7.92%
Main workersworked at least 6 months40,63436,1704,464
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5481,666882
Non-workerspeople98,41036,25262,158

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 17754; 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 29,026 households and 141,592 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.65% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.44% and female literacy was 77.32%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 43,182 Census workers, 94.1% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators90660
Agricultural labourers31956
Household industry workers53082
Other workers38,8792,350

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
Palanpur (M + OG)46903739141,592

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 122,344 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople122,34463,97458,370
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,5087,8186,690
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+91,07851,55739,521
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.46%91.81%76.47%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,3237,0846,239
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,2882,2322,056
Total workersCensus workers37,17432,6454,529
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.38%51.03%7.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months34,90631,1203,786
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,2681,525743
Non-workerspeople85,17031,32953,841

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17755; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks