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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801373

Patna population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Bihar · Census 2011Patna 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.
Population1,684,297people
Households294,631PCA households
Literacy rate83.37%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.27%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,684,297893,445790,852
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6203,047108,19294,855
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,234,991685,885549,106
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.37%87.35%78.89%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople151,92480,52171,403
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,1392,5272,612
Total workersCensus workers509,839419,58290,257
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.27%46.96%11.41%
Main workersworked at least 6 months426,086364,39561,691
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months83,75355,18728,566
Non-workerspeople1,174,458473,863700,595

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7186; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 294,631 households and 1,684,297 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.06% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.35% for males and 78.89% for females.
  • Of 509,839 workers, 83.57% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators9,6063,132
Agricultural labourers16,7076,641
Household industry workers19,0155,615
Other workers380,75868,365

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
Patna (M Corp. + OG)230014001,684,297

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 1,684,222 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,684,222893,399790,823
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6203,041108,18894,853
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,234,931685,849549,082
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.37%87.35%78.89%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople151,87680,49171,385
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,1392,5272,612
Total workersCensus workers509,786419,54390,243
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.27%46.96%11.41%
Main workersworked at least 6 months426,034364,35761,677
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months83,75255,18628,566
Non-workerspeople1,174,436473,856700,580

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7187; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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