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Town · Census 2011 · code 801776

Chirkunda 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.
Population45,508people
Households8,714PCA households
Literacy rate77.65%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.21%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople45,50823,77221,736
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7913,0792,712
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,83917,31213,527
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.65%83.66%71.1%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,9083,5283,380
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople800411389
Total workersCensus workers13,29511,7761,519
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.21%49.54%6.99%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,52010,4591,061
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,7751,317458
Non-workerspeople32,21311,99620,217

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 12820; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 8,714 households and 45,508 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.73% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.66% for males and 71.1% for females.
  • Of 13,295 workers, 86.65% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators7232
Agricultural labourers7646
Household industry workers374115
Other workers10,9981,582

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
Chirkunda (NP)3540258745,508

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.