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Merta City 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 46,070 people
Households 7,852 PCA households
Literacy rate 73.14% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.37% % 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 46,070 23,854 22,216 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,289 3,367 2,922 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 29,095 17,090 12,005 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 73.14% 83.42% 62.22% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,723 2,899 2,824 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 217 115 102 Total workersCensus workers 13,068 11,441 1,627 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.37% 47.96% 7.32% Main workersworked at least 6 months 11,068 10,201 867 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,000 1,240 760 Non-workerspeople 33,002 12,413 20,589
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 7,852 households and 46,070 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.65% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.42% for males and 62.22% for females. Of 13,068 workers, 84.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 331 115 Agricultural labourers 417 804 Household industry workers 497 83 Other workers 9,823 998
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 Merta City (M) 112 00562 46,070
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.