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Bettiah population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Bihar, 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 132,209 people
Households 24,463 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.64% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 27.92% % 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 132,209 69,529 62,680 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 18,995 10,039 8,956 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 91,298 50,576 40,722 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.64% 85.02% 75.8% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,266 4,315 3,951 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 828 437 391 Total workersCensus workers 36,919 31,091 5,828 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 27.92% 44.72% 9.3% Main workersworked at least 6 months 29,817 25,713 4,104 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,102 5,378 1,724 Non-workerspeople 95,290 38,438 56,852
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 24,463 households and 132,209 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.37% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.02% for males and 75.8% for females. Of 36,919 workers, 80.76% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,065 207 Agricultural labourers 1,604 1,362 Household industry workers 1,517 594 Other workers 25,631 4,939
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 Bettiah (Nagar Parishad) 203 01028 132,209
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.