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Census town · Census 2011 · code 362420

Saram population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, 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.
Population15,212people
Households2,746PCA households
Literacy rate73.72%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.4%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople15,2127,9597,253
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,2591,2001,059
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+9,5495,7043,845
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.72%84.39%62.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,741908833
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople271512
Total workersCensus workers4,6243,645979
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.4%45.8%13.5%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,1181,993125
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5061,652854
Non-workerspeople10,5884,3146,274

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 12852; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,746 households and 15,212 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.85% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.39% for males and 62.08% for females.
  • Of 4,624 workers, 45.8% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators42519
Agricultural labourers20372
Household industry workers1218
Other workers2,0441,597

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
Saram (CT)3550259115,212

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.