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Census town · Census 2011 · code 373460

Ray 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.
Population6,977people
Households1,351PCA households
Literacy rate77.17%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.18%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,9773,6773,300
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,010514496
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,6052,7321,873
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.17%86.37%66.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople536269267
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople379206173
Total workersCensus workers1,9661,747219
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.18%47.51%6.64%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,6431,516127
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months32323192
Non-workerspeople5,0111,9303,081

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13246; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,351 households and 6,977 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.48% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.37% for males and 66.8% for females.
  • Of 1,966 workers, 83.57% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1609
Agricultural labourers3049
Household industry workers454
Other workers1,408261

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
Ray (CT)364026836,977

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.