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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801813

Sambalpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Odisha · Census 2011Sambalpur 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.
Population189,366people
Households42,791PCA households
Literacy rate85.41%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.74%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople189,36697,46091,906
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–620,39010,7889,602
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+144,31678,39965,917
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.41%90.45%80.09%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople29,65114,86614,785
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople18,1199,2058,914
Total workersCensus workers71,46755,15316,314
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.74%56.59%17.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months60,80149,15611,645
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months10,6665,9974,669
Non-workerspeople117,89942,30775,592

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13676; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 42,791 households and 189,366 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.77% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.45% for males and 80.09% for females.
  • Of 71,467 workers, 85.08% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators643193
Agricultural labourers909453
Household industry workers3,4481,227
Other workers55,8018,793

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
Sambalpur (M + OG)37202799189,366

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 184,000 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople184,00094,72289,278
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–619,75910,4469,313
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+140,47376,28264,191
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.53%90.51%80.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople28,57014,31814,252
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople17,3758,8218,554
Total workersCensus workers69,53053,64515,885
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.79%56.63%17.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months59,05447,75911,295
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months10,4765,8864,590
Non-workerspeople114,47041,07773,393

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13677; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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