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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800527

Sikar population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Rajasthan, using 2011 geography.

Rajasthan · Census 2011Sikar district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population244,497people
Households38,422PCA households
Literacy rate75.73%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.65%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople244,497126,837117,660
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–634,00918,25215,757
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+159,40792,08067,327
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+75.73%84.8%66.07%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,60912,34011,269
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,2251,1841,041
Total workersCensus workers70,05561,2138,842
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.65%48.26%7.51%
Main workersworked at least 6 months60,81954,5676,252
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,2366,6462,590
Non-workerspeople174,44265,624108,818

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3016; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 38,422 households and 244,497 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.91% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.8% for males and 66.07% for females.
  • Of 70,055 workers, 86.82% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,224557
Agricultural labourers1,102310
Household industry workers2,127366
Other workers56,3668,003

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
Sikar (M Cl + OG)11100553244,497

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 237,532 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople237,532123,022114,510
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–633,21617,79515,421
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+154,49189,07465,417
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+75.61%84.65%66.02%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople22,38311,68110,702
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,0911,110981
Total workersCensus workers67,90059,4358,465
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.59%48.31%7.39%
Main workersworked at least 6 months58,98352,9206,063
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,9176,5152,402
Non-workerspeople169,63263,587106,045

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3017; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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