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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801340

Samastipur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Bihar · Census 2011Samastipur 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.
Population67,925people
Households13,135PCA households
Literacy rate85.69%% of people aged 7+
Work participation26.58%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople67,92535,71832,207
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,6834,5914,092
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+50,76627,87322,893
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.69%89.55%81.43%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,9475,2074,740
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople427207220
Total workersCensus workers18,05315,6922,361
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.58%43.93%7.33%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,66014,5672,093
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,3931,125268
Non-workerspeople49,87220,02629,846

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 6772; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,135 households and 67,925 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.78% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.55% for males and 81.43% for females.
  • Of 18,053 workers, 92.28% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators12137
Agricultural labourers11482
Household industry workers64990
Other workers15,7761,184

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
Samastipur (Nagar Parishad + OG)2210128867,925

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 62,935 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople62,93533,02529,910
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,2524,3443,908
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+46,41625,50120,915
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.88%88.91%80.44%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,2194,8324,387
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople249121128
Total workersCensus workers16,69414,5492,145
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.53%44.05%7.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months15,34413,4571,887
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,3501,092258
Non-workerspeople46,24118,47627,765

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 6773; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks