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Sherghati 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 40,666 people
Households 6,113 PCA households
Literacy rate 74.34% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.5% % 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 40,666 21,174 19,492 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,514 3,369 3,145 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 25,389 13,976 11,413 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 74.34% 78.49% 69.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,195 3,217 2,978 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 5 5 0 Total workersCensus workers 12,810 9,674 3,136 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.5% 45.69% 16.09% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,957 7,210 1,747 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,853 2,464 1,389 Non-workerspeople 27,856 11,500 16,356
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 6,113 households and 40,666 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 16.02% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 78.49% for males and 69.82% for females. Of 12,810 workers, 69.92% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 513 222 Agricultural labourers 958 766 Household industry workers 1,612 330 Other workers 5,874 2,535
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 Sherghati (NP) 236 01503 40,666
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.