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Giridih 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 114,533 people
Households 19,740 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 27.98% % 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 114,533 59,966 54,567 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 15,783 8,270 7,513 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 83,650 46,120 37,530 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.71% 89.21% 79.76% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,510 4,946 4,564 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,280 669 611 Total workersCensus workers 32,046 28,367 3,679 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 27.98% 47.31% 6.74% Main workersworked at least 6 months 28,319 25,575 2,744 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,727 2,792 935 Non-workerspeople 82,487 31,599 50,888
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 19,740 households and 114,533 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.78% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.21% for males and 79.76% for females. Of 32,046 workers, 88.37% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 98 72 Agricultural labourers 161 176 Household industry workers 1,402 308 Other workers 26,658 3,171
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 Giridih (Nagar Parishad) 349 02539 114,533
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.