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Bhagalpur 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 400,146 people
Households 69,984 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.26% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.83% % 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 400,146 212,813 187,333 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 54,818 28,734 26,084 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 273,695 153,821 119,874 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.26% 83.56% 74.34% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 32,681 17,453 15,228 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,061 493 568 Total workersCensus workers 119,346 98,747 20,599 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.83% 46.4% 11% Main workersworked at least 6 months 95,077 82,755 12,322 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 24,269 15,992 8,277 Non-workerspeople 280,800 114,066 166,734
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 69,984 households and 400,146 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.56% for males and 74.34% for females. Of 119,346 workers, 79.67% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,007 823 Agricultural labourers 4,030 2,226 Household industry workers 11,850 4,272 Other workers 77,190 16,948
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 Bhagalpur (M Corp.) 224 01343 400,146
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.