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Motihari 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 126,158 people
Households 22,224 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.75% % 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 126,158 67,861 58,297 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 16,870 9,184 7,686 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 92,798 51,711 41,087 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.91% 88.13% 81.18% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,373 3,913 3,460 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 333 182 151 Total workersCensus workers 33,745 28,949 4,796 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.75% 42.66% 8.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 28,669 25,256 3,413 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,076 3,693 1,383 Non-workerspeople 92,413 38,912 53,501
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 22,224 households and 126,158 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.37% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.13% for males and 81.18% for females. Of 33,745 workers, 84.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,268 296 Agricultural labourers 1,553 628 Household industry workers 1,395 473 Other workers 24,453 3,679
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 Motihari (Nagar Parishad) 204 01041 126,158
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.