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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801404

Gaya population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Bihar · Census 2011Gaya 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.
Population474,093people
Households72,978PCA households
Literacy rate81.51%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.28%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople474,093250,037224,056
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–663,11932,92730,192
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+334,973187,620147,353
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.51%86.42%76.01%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople47,39524,77922,616
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople583346237
Total workersCensus workers148,311113,96634,345
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.28%45.58%15.33%
Main workersworked at least 6 months108,73690,20218,534
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months39,57523,76415,811
Non-workerspeople325,782136,071189,711

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7536; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 72,978 households and 474,093 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.31% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.42% for males and 76.01% for females.
  • Of 148,311 workers, 73.32% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3,6821,284
Agricultural labourers6,1173,727
Household industry workers9,1184,197
Other workers89,81930,367

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
Gaya (M Corp. + OG)23601495474,093

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 468,614 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople468,614247,131221,483
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–662,38932,52629,863
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+331,596185,665145,931
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.63%86.51%76.16%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople46,26424,18022,084
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople581345236
Total workersCensus workers147,009112,84434,165
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.37%45.66%15.43%
Main workersworked at least 6 months107,51689,14618,370
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months39,49323,69815,795
Non-workerspeople321,605134,287187,318

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 7537; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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