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Sheohar 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 28,116 people
Households 5,858 PCA households
Literacy rate 61.96% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.54% % 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 28,116 14,881 13,235 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,399 2,778 2,621 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,075 8,484 5,591 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 61.96% 70.1% 52.68% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,738 1,958 1,780 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 22 10 12 Total workersCensus workers 8,024 6,696 1,328 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.54% 45% 10.03% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,383 5,507 876 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,641 1,189 452 Non-workerspeople 20,092 8,185 11,907
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 5,858 households and 28,116 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 19.2% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 70.1% for males and 52.68% for females. Of 8,024 workers, 79.55% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 341 191 Agricultural labourers 3,047 896 Household industry workers 216 85 Other workers 2,779 469
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 Sheohar (NP) 205 01060 28,116
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.