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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801819

Raurkela population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Odisha · Census 2011Sundargarh 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.
Population320,040people
Households72,336PCA households
Literacy rate86.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.44%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople320,040169,095150,945
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–635,48918,74716,742
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+246,402136,794109,608
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.59%90.98%81.67%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,33712,57011,767
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople49,41325,02524,388
Total workersCensus workers107,03689,47117,565
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.44%52.91%11.64%
Main workersworked at least 6 months98,74984,18414,565
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,2875,2873,000
Non-workerspeople213,00479,624133,380

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13796; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 72,336 households and 320,040 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.09% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.98% for males and 81.67% for females.
  • Of 107,036 workers, 92.26% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators701296
Agricultural labourers560171
Household industry workers2,920520
Other workers94,5687,300

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
Raurkela (M + OG)37402832320,040

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 272,721 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople272,721144,466128,255
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–629,93315,79914,134
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+211,189117,32093,869
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.98%91.18%82.25%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople21,78311,28810,495
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople33,27716,91216,365
Total workersCensus workers90,66676,41414,252
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.24%52.89%11.11%
Main workersworked at least 6 months84,02872,06111,967
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,6384,3532,285
Non-workerspeople182,05568,052114,003

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13797; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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