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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801820

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.
Population216,410people
Households49,308PCA households
Literacy rate85.62%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.21%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople216,410112,897103,513
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–622,31711,75410,563
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+166,17891,41474,764
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.62%90.38%80.43%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople30,72315,80214,921
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople40,01020,08219,928
Total workersCensus workers71,87959,33312,546
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.21%52.55%12.12%
Main workersworked at least 6 months62,77153,1549,617
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,1086,1792,929
Non-workerspeople144,53153,56490,967

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13801; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 49,308 households and 216,410 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.31% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.38% for males and 80.43% for females.
  • Of 71,879 workers, 87.33% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators382170
Agricultural labourers484139
Household industry workers1,777523
Other workers60,1288,276

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 (ITS + OG)37402833216,410

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 210,317 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople210,317109,333100,984
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–621,77811,47110,307
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+161,14888,34172,807
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.47%90.27%80.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople30,31515,55814,757
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople39,02819,54219,486
Total workersCensus workers69,36057,07212,288
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.98%52.2%12.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months60,41550,9989,417
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,9456,0742,871
Non-workerspeople140,95752,26188,696

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13802; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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