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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802601

Padra 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.
Population46,660people
Households9,579PCA households
Literacy rate88.11%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.03%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople46,66024,26522,395
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1062,7722,334
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+36,61419,81016,804
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.11%92.17%83.76%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,3051,1931,112
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople673345328
Total workersCensus workers15,87913,8622,017
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.03%57.13%9.01%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,89413,3621,532
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months985500485
Non-workerspeople30,78110,40320,378

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 18567; 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 9,579 households and 46,660 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.94% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.17% and female literacy was 83.76%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 15,879 Census workers, 93.8% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators94230
Agricultural labourers1,910428
Household industry workers16025
Other workers11,882502

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
Padra (M + OG)4860390646,660

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 43,366 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople43,36622,57520,791
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,7112,5672,144
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+34,15018,45415,696
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.35%92.23%84.17%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,2971,1891,108
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople645333312
Total workersCensus workers14,51212,8291,683
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.46%56.83%8.09%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,92212,4761,446
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months590353237
Non-workerspeople28,8549,74619,108

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 18568; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks