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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802535

Veraval 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.
Population171,121people
Households31,199PCA households
Literacy rate76.15%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.09%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople171,12187,00984,112
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–620,54010,7329,808
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+114,66164,55250,109
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.15%84.63%67.44%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,4903,7703,720
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,8461,4861,360
Total workersCensus workers54,91046,7558,155
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.09%53.74%9.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months50,54543,9256,620
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,3652,8301,535
Non-workerspeople116,21140,25475,957

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 18221; 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 31,199 households and 171,121 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 84.63% and female literacy was 67.44%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 54,910 Census workers, 92.05% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators41574
Agricultural labourers816199
Household industry workers436225
Other workers48,8783,867

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
Veraval (M + OG)47903835171,121

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 154,636 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople154,63678,52876,108
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–618,1779,5388,639
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+104,89358,66146,232
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.87%85.03%68.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,8143,4423,372
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,3151,2081,107
Total workersCensus workers49,84942,3697,480
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.24%53.95%9.83%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,96139,8536,108
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,8882,5161,372
Non-workerspeople104,78736,15968,628

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18222; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks