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Census town · Census 2011 · code 245296

Pataliputra Housing Colony population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Bihar, using 2011 geography.

Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population3,531people
Households761PCA households
Literacy rate95.48%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.65%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople3,5311,8251,706
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6282160122
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,1021,5951,507
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.48%95.8%95.14%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople814437
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople18711
Total workersCensus workers1,294956338
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.65%52.38%19.81%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,224919305
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months703733
Non-workerspeople2,2378691,368

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7185; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 761 households and 3,531 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7.99% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.8% for males and 95.14% for females.
  • Of 1,294 workers, 94.59% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators142
Agricultural labourers143
Household industry workers250
Other workers1,17165

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Pataliputra Housing Colony (CT)230014003,531

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.