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Sheikhpura 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 62,927 people
Households 10,181 PCA households
Literacy rate 69.04% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.73% % 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 62,927 33,137 29,790 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,983 5,748 5,235 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 35,863 20,842 15,021 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 69.04% 76.1% 61.17% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,556 5,450 5,106 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 68 37 31 Total workersCensus workers 18,077 14,741 3,336 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.73% 44.49% 11.2% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,817 11,120 1,697 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,260 3,621 1,639 Non-workerspeople 44,850 18,396 26,454
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 10,181 households and 62,927 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 17.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 76.1% for males and 61.17% for females. Of 18,077 workers, 70.9% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,013 471 Agricultural labourers 1,993 1,986 Household industry workers 824 407 Other workers 8,987 2,396
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 Sheikhpura (Nagar Parishad) 228 01374 62,927
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.