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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802461

Visnagar 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.
Population76,753people
Households16,271PCA households
Literacy rate89.96%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.89%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople76,75340,18136,572
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,0843,9493,135
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+62,67334,25728,416
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.96%94.55%84.98%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,9002,5522,348
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,238636602
Total workersCensus workers26,01421,6444,370
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.89%53.87%11.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months22,10719,1722,935
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,9072,4721,435
Non-workerspeople50,73918,53732,202

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 17822; 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 16,271 households and 76,753 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.23% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.55% and female literacy was 84.98%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 26,014 Census workers, 84.98% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators58659
Agricultural labourers1,034238
Household industry workers285174
Other workers20,2023,436

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
Visnagar (M + OG)4710375476,753

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 63,073 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople63,07333,03330,040
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7743,2242,550
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+51,15628,09423,062
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.28%94.25%83.89%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,9401,5311,409
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,171598573
Total workersCensus workers21,67617,9383,738
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.37%54.3%12.44%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,20115,7812,420
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4752,1571,318
Non-workerspeople41,39715,09526,302

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17823; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks