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Simdega 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 42,944 people
Households 8,252 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.46% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.18% % 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 42,944 21,884 21,060 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,421 2,744 2,677 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 32,067 17,077 14,990 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.46% 89.22% 81.54% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,923 954 969 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 19,920 9,633 10,287 Total workersCensus workers 13,391 9,919 3,472 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.18% 45.33% 16.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,481 8,371 2,110 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,910 1,548 1,362 Non-workerspeople 29,553 11,965 17,588
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 8,252 households and 42,944 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.62% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.22% for males and 81.54% for females. Of 13,391 workers, 78.27% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,137 723 Agricultural labourers 904 1,184 Household industry workers 271 73 Other workers 8,169 930
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 Simdega (NP) 367 02718 42,944
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.