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Siwan 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 135,066 people
Households 21,223 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.52% % 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 135,066 70,756 64,310 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 18,282 9,642 8,640 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 92,967 52,051 40,916 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.61% 85.17% 73.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,244 4,314 3,930 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,514 809 705 Total workersCensus workers 35,826 30,088 5,738 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.52% 42.52% 8.92% Main workersworked at least 6 months 28,015 24,745 3,270 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,811 5,343 2,468 Non-workerspeople 99,240 40,668 58,572
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 21,223 households and 135,066 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.54% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.17% for males and 73.5% for females. Of 35,826 workers, 78.2% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 719 396 Agricultural labourers 1,176 810 Household industry workers 1,409 651 Other workers 24,711 5,954
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 Siwan (Nagar Parishad) 218 01230 135,066
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.