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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801781

Jamshedpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, using 2011 geography.

Jharkhand · Census 2011Purbi Singhbhum district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population677,350people
Households139,529PCA households
Literacy rate86.4%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.23%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople677,350353,212324,138
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–673,43938,97934,460
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+521,805286,377235,428
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.4%91.14%81.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople44,16922,26221,907
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople47,49423,88223,612
Total workersCensus workers211,538180,51131,027
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.23%51.11%9.57%
Main workersworked at least 6 months198,394171,17027,224
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,1449,3413,803
Non-workerspeople465,812172,701293,111

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 12923; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 139,529 households and 677,350 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.84% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.14% for males and 81.27% for females.
  • Of 211,538 workers, 93.79% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators282179
Agricultural labourers992269
Household industry workers3,682582
Other workers193,43812,114

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
Jamshedpur (NAC + OG)35702606677,350

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 631,364 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople631,364328,836302,528
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–667,18935,68031,509
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+490,297268,233222,064
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.91%91.5%81.94%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople41,60120,95420,647
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople45,40422,85322,551
Total workersCensus workers197,611168,42729,184
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.3%51.22%9.65%
Main workersworked at least 6 months185,862159,90525,957
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months11,7498,5223,227
Non-workerspeople433,753160,409273,344

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 12924; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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