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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801833

Baleshwar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Odisha · Census 2011Baleshwar 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.
Population144,373people
Households31,685PCA households
Literacy rate87.51%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.61%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople144,37373,72170,652
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,7737,5757,198
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+113,41860,21053,208
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.51%91.03%83.85%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,8128,0117,801
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople9,2914,7514,540
Total workersCensus workers48,52340,5297,994
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.61%54.98%11.31%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,03436,3765,658
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,4894,1532,336
Non-workerspeople95,85033,19262,658

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 14060; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 31,685 households and 144,373 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.23% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.03% for males and 83.85% for females.
  • Of 48,523 workers, 86.63% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators538108
Agricultural labourers1,234572
Household industry workers1,877686
Other workers38,3855,123

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
Baleshwar (M + OG)37702909144,373

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 118,162 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople118,16260,21957,943
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,8606,0605,800
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+93,64249,52044,122
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.09%91.43%84.62%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,0566,0955,961
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,8973,0552,842
Total workersCensus workers40,00433,3196,685
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.86%55.33%11.54%
Main workersworked at least 6 months34,49129,7464,745
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,5133,5731,940
Non-workerspeople78,15826,90051,258

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 14061; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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