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Garhwa population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, 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 46,059 people
Households 8,635 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.57% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 27.74% % 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 46,059 24,342 21,717 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,736 3,477 3,259 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 31,682 18,242 13,440 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.57% 87.43% 72.81% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,740 3,079 2,661 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,204 634 570 Total workersCensus workers 12,778 11,083 1,695 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 27.74% 45.53% 7.8% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,689 8,847 842 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,089 2,236 853 Non-workerspeople 33,281 13,259 20,022
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 8,635 households and 46,059 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.62% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.43% for males and 72.81% for females. Of 12,778 workers, 75.83% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 479 188 Agricultural labourers 327 785 Household industry workers 278 202 Other workers 8,605 1,914
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 Garhwa (NP) 346 02509 46,059
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.