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Dumka 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 47,584 people
Households 8,995 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.92% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.92% % 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 47,584 25,364 22,220 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,371 2,840 2,531 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 37,956 21,050 16,906 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.92% 93.46% 85.87% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,623 2,425 2,198 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,689 1,493 1,196 Total workersCensus workers 13,762 11,865 1,897 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.92% 46.78% 8.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 11,938 10,407 1,531 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,824 1,458 366 Non-workerspeople 33,822 13,499 20,323
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 8,995 households and 47,584 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.29% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.46% for males and 85.87% for females. Of 13,762 workers, 86.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 54 36 Agricultural labourers 78 84 Household industry workers 447 107 Other workers 11,359 1,597
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 Dumka (Nagar Parishad) 362 02673 47,584
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.