Jalandhar is one of 22 districts located in north Indian state Punjab. There are total 11 blocks which comes under Jalandhar district, and there are total 941 villages and 12 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Jalandhar district is 37 and number of houses in this district is 226762.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1093378. Out of total 1093378, male population count is 560635, where as female population count is 532743 in Jalandhar.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 111504 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 111504 children 59190 are boys and 52314 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Jalandhar district is 70%. 774110 out of total 1093378 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 74% and 417880 males are literate out of total 560635 male population, where as female literacy rate is 33% and 356230 out of total 532743 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Jalandhar district is 29%. 319268 out of total 1093378 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 25% and 142755 males are illiterate out of total 560635 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 33% and 176513 out of total 532743 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Jalandhar district is 370739 and non-working population is 722639 and out of 370739 working population 77198 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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