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Talcher 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 40,841 people
Households 9,114 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.18% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.69% % 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 40,841 21,774 19,067 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,745 2,560 2,185 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 30,748 17,398 13,350 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.18% 90.55% 79.08% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,658 3,906 3,752 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,703 886 817 Total workersCensus workers 13,350 11,780 1,570 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.69% 54.1% 8.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,123 10,773 1,350 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,227 1,007 220 Non-workerspeople 27,491 9,994 17,497
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 9,114 households and 40,841 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.62% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.55% for males and 79.08% for females. Of 13,350 workers, 90.81% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 102 42 Agricultural labourers 33 229 Household industry workers 524 135 Other workers 11,464 821
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 Talcher (M) 384 03006 40,841
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.