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Sitamarhi 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 67,818 people
Households 12,718 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.34% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 27.03% % 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 67,818 35,960 31,858 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,152 5,346 4,806 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 44,598 25,318 19,280 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.34% 82.7% 71.27% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,935 2,639 2,296 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 57 30 27 Total workersCensus workers 18,328 16,529 1,799 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 27.03% 45.96% 5.65% Main workersworked at least 6 months 16,869 15,474 1,395 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,459 1,055 404 Non-workerspeople 49,490 19,431 30,059
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 12,718 households and 67,818 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.97% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 82.7% for males and 71.27% for females. Of 18,328 workers, 92.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 765 66 Agricultural labourers 361 128 Household industry workers 630 250 Other workers 15,113 1,015
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 Sitamarhi (Nagar Parishad) 206 01074 67,818
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.