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Ranchi 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 1,073,427 people
Households 207,636 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.37% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.33% % 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 1,073,427 558,872 514,555 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 126,863 66,793 60,070 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 827,033 451,069 375,964 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.37% 91.67% 82.72% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 50,452 26,124 24,328 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 217,024 107,337 109,687 Total workersCensus workers 336,358 265,299 71,059 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.33% 47.47% 13.81% Main workersworked at least 6 months 286,890 234,261 52,629 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 49,468 31,038 18,430 Non-workerspeople 737,069 293,573 443,496
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 207,636 households and 1,073,427 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.82% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.67% for males and 82.72% for females. Of 336,358 workers, 85.29% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 3,252 2,177 Agricultural labourers 5,896 4,955 Household industry workers 9,143 2,667 Other workers 268,599 39,669
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 Ranchi (M Corp.) 364 02684 1,073,427
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.