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Muzaffarpur 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 354,462 people
Households 65,870 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.07% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.07% % 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 354,462 187,564 166,898 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 44,280 23,275 21,005 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 257,663 141,980 115,683 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.07% 86.42% 79.29% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 27,600 14,533 13,067 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,054 560 494 Total workersCensus workers 106,572 87,631 18,941 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.07% 46.72% 11.35% Main workersworked at least 6 months 87,186 74,391 12,795 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 19,386 13,240 6,146 Non-workerspeople 247,890 99,933 147,957
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 65,870 households and 354,462 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.49% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.42% for males and 79.29% for females. Of 106,572 workers, 81.81% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,329 546 Agricultural labourers 2,529 1,371 Household industry workers 4,502 1,546 Other workers 78,826 15,923
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 Muzaffarpur (M Corp.) 216 01212 354,462
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.