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Purnia 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 282,248 people
Households 54,058 PCA households
Literacy rate 73.02% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.18% % 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 282,248 148,077 134,171 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 43,050 22,038 21,012 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 174,658 98,145 76,513 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 73.02% 77.87% 67.62% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 27,738 14,390 13,348 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 15,233 7,788 7,445 Total workersCensus workers 82,366 67,102 15,264 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.18% 45.32% 11.38% Main workersworked at least 6 months 64,539 55,396 9,143 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 17,827 11,706 6,121 Non-workerspeople 199,882 80,975 118,907
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 54,058 households and 282,248 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 15.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 77.87% for males and 67.62% for females. Of 82,366 workers, 78.36% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 3,872 589 Agricultural labourers 10,707 6,167 Household industry workers 2,054 1,283 Other workers 47,906 9,788
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 Purnia (M Corp.) 211 01134 282,248
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.