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Census town · Census 2011 · code 494773

Dighawani population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Madhya Pradesh, 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.
Population5,953people
Households1,292PCA households
Literacy rate75.01%% of people aged 7+
Work participation27.2%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople5,9533,0352,918
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6730370360
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,9182,2261,692
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+75.01%83.53%66.15%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,111574537
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,062523539
Total workersCensus workers1,6191,310309
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.2%43.16%10.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,142955187
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months477355122
Non-workerspeople4,3341,7252,609

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17334; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,292 households and 5,953 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.26% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.53% for males and 66.15% for females.
  • Of 1,619 workers, 70.54% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators8019
Agricultural labourers22120
Household industry workers1010
Other workers1,030328

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
Dighawani (CT)455036525,953

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.