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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801314

Katihar population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Bihar, using 2011 geography.

Bihar · Census 2011Katihar district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population240,838people
Households47,059PCA households
Literacy rate78.77%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.32%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople240,838127,240113,598
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–634,53317,88216,651
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+162,50191,64870,853
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+78.77%83.81%73.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople26,27613,77112,505
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,4472,8692,578
Total workersCensus workers68,20558,2519,954
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.32%45.78%8.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months56,92849,9077,021
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months11,2778,3442,933
Non-workerspeople172,63368,989103,644

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 6293; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 47,059 households and 240,838 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.34% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.81% for males and 73.08% for females.
  • Of 68,205 workers, 83.47% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,406626
Agricultural labourers5,4073,597
Household industry workers1,655741
Other workers47,4606,313

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Katihar (M Corp. + OG)21201151240,838

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 226,261 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople226,261119,574106,687
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–632,61816,88115,737
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+152,00085,72166,279
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+78.49%83.47%72.87%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople22,01011,54910,461
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,8382,5622,276
Total workersCensus workers64,07654,8759,201
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.32%45.89%8.62%
Main workersworked at least 6 months53,51347,0386,475
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months10,5637,8372,726
Non-workerspeople162,18564,69997,486

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 6294; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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