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Saharsa 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 156,540 people
Households 28,862 PCA households
Literacy rate 75.63% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.7% % 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 156,540 83,291 73,249 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 25,748 13,441 12,307 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 98,919 57,280 41,639 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 75.63% 82% 68.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,592 6,593 5,999 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 416 221 195 Total workersCensus workers 41,801 35,730 6,071 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.7% 42.9% 8.29% Main workersworked at least 6 months 32,059 28,589 3,470 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 9,742 7,141 2,601 Non-workerspeople 114,739 47,561 67,178
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 28,862 households and 156,540 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 16.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 82% for males and 68.33% for females. Of 41,801 workers, 76.69% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,450 504 Agricultural labourers 3,969 3,142 Household industry workers 958 709 Other workers 25,682 5,387
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 Saharsa (Nagar Parishad) 214 01174 156,540
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.