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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802522

Porbandar 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.
Population152,760people
Households32,568PCA households
Literacy rate85.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.06%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople152,76078,60474,156
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,9347,9227,012
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+117,96363,98853,975
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.59%90.53%80.39%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,1304,0974,033
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,005519486
Total workersCensus workers52,02744,3607,667
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.06%56.43%10.34%
Main workersworked at least 6 months46,17040,3255,845
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,8574,0351,822
Non-workerspeople100,73334,24466,489

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 18161; 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 32,568 households and 152,760 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.78% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.53% and female literacy was 80.39%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 52,027 Census workers, 88.74% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators547101
Agricultural labourers330112
Household industry workers514110
Other workers44,7795,534

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
Porbandar (M + OG)47803822152,760

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 151,770 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople151,77078,09773,673
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,8097,8516,958
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+117,45263,69953,753
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.76%90.68%80.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,1244,0934,031
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,005519486
Total workersCensus workers51,62844,0457,583
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.02%56.4%10.29%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,77240,0115,761
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,8564,0341,822
Non-workerspeople100,14234,05266,090

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18162; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks