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Dhanbad 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 1,162,472 people
Households 220,783 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.47% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 27.47% % 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 1,162,472 614,722 547,750 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 148,220 77,895 70,325 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 805,982 462,420 343,562 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.47% 86.14% 71.96% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 199,509 104,030 95,479 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 23,150 11,905 11,245 Total workersCensus workers 319,317 276,631 42,686 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 27.47% 45% 7.79% Main workersworked at least 6 months 263,447 233,890 29,557 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 55,870 42,741 13,129 Non-workerspeople 843,155 338,091 505,064
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 220,783 households and 1,162,472 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.75% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.14% for males and 71.96% for females. Of 319,317 workers, 82.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,329 1,047 Agricultural labourers 3,021 2,153 Household industry workers 6,215 2,517 Other workers 252,882 50,153
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 Dhanbad (M Corp.) 354 02584 1,162,472
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.