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Purana Dumka 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.
Population 10,034 people
Households 1,898 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.17% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.63% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 10,034 5,343 4,691 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,387 736 651 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 7,192 4,128 3,064 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.17% 89.6% 75.84% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 529 284 245 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 760 382 378 Total workersCensus workers 2,672 2,302 370 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.63% 43.08% 7.89% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,813 1,619 194 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 859 683 176 Non-workerspeople 7,362 3,041 4,321
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 1,898 households and 10,034 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.82% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.6% for males and 75.84% for females. Of 2,672 workers, 67.85% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 18 60 Agricultural labourers 25 119 Household industry workers 50 72 Other workers 1,720 608
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Purana Dumka (CT) 362 02673 10,034
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.