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Dhenkanal population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Odisha, 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 67,414 people
Households 14,908 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.83% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.85% % 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 67,414 34,864 32,550 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,700 3,559 3,141 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 55,149 29,436 25,713 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.83% 94.03% 87.43% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 11,105 5,633 5,472 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 4,095 1,987 2,108 Total workersCensus workers 21,470 17,981 3,489 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.85% 51.57% 10.72% Main workersworked at least 6 months 18,878 16,307 2,571 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,592 1,674 918 Non-workerspeople 45,944 16,883 29,061
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 14,908 households and 67,414 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.94% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.03% for males and 87.43% for females. Of 21,470 workers, 87.93% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 176 71 Agricultural labourers 454 145 Household industry workers 840 302 Other workers 17,408 2,074
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 Dhenkanal (M) 383 02999 67,414
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.