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Buxar 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 102,861 people
Households 16,710 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.82% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 25.91% % 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 102,861 54,277 48,584 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 14,165 7,491 6,674 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 74,344 41,701 32,643 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.82% 89.13% 77.89% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,619 4,612 4,007 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,800 961 839 Total workersCensus workers 26,652 22,921 3,731 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 25.91% 42.23% 7.68% Main workersworked at least 6 months 23,493 20,676 2,817 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,159 2,245 914 Non-workerspeople 76,209 31,356 44,853
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 16,710 households and 102,861 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.77% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.13% for males and 77.89% for females. Of 26,652 workers, 88.15% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,051 120 Agricultural labourers 930 285 Household industry workers 1,642 448 Other workers 19,870 2,306
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 Buxar (Nagar Parishad) 232 01441 102,861
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.