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Bikaner population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Rajasthan, 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 644,406 people
Households 115,380 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.29% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.98% % 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 644,406 338,442 305,964 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 84,135 44,176 39,959 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 444,264 254,770 189,494 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.29% 86.58% 71.24% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 73,730 38,474 35,256 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,239 1,797 1,442 Total workersCensus workers 206,089 176,392 29,697 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.98% 52.12% 9.71% Main workersworked at least 6 months 186,436 163,262 23,174 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 19,653 13,130 6,523 Non-workerspeople 438,317 162,050 276,267
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 115,380 households and 644,406 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.06% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.58% for males and 71.24% for females. Of 206,089 workers, 90.46% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,450 576 Agricultural labourers 1,219 714 Household industry workers 9,410 1,557 Other workers 173,357 16,806
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 Bikaner (M Corp.) 101 00473 644,406
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.