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Town · Census 2011 · code 801381

Bakhtiarpur 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.
Population47,897people
Households7,295PCA households
Literacy rate70.02%% of people aged 7+
Work participation27.1%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople47,89725,16822,729
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,6534,5044,149
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+27,47716,11711,360
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+70.02%78%61.14%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,1223,6763,446
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople502129
Total workersCensus workers12,97810,9182,060
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.1%43.38%9.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,8967,8891,007
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,0823,0291,053
Non-workerspeople34,91914,25020,669

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7241; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 7,295 households and 47,897 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 18.07% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 78% for males and 61.14% for females.
  • Of 12,978 workers, 68.55% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,574155
Agricultural labourers1,0281,696
Household industry workers801380
Other workers5,4931,851

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
Bakhtiarpur (NP)2300141447,897

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.