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Town · Census 2011 · code 801786

Medininagar 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.
Population78,396people
Households13,821PCA households
Literacy rate87.89%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.43%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople78,39641,43036,966
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,3624,9294,433
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+60,67233,60727,065
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.89%92.07%83.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,9182,7042,214
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,304672632
Total workersCensus workers23,07219,1703,902
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.43%46.27%10.56%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,48715,9672,520
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,5853,2031,382
Non-workerspeople55,32422,26033,064

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13021; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,821 households and 78,396 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.94% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.07% for males and 83.19% for females.
  • Of 23,072 workers, 80.13% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators174118
Agricultural labourers216249
Household industry workers794353
Other workers17,3033,865

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
Medininagar (Daltonganj) (Nagar Parishad)3580263378,396

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.