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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801859

Bhubaneswar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Odisha · Census 2011Khordha 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.
Population885,363people
Households206,014PCA households
Literacy rate91.73%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.79%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople885,363468,043417,320
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–686,40145,32741,074
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+732,886399,804333,082
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.73%94.58%88.53%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople76,77039,79836,972
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople44,01623,66820,348
Total workersCensus workers325,733256,38969,344
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.79%54.78%16.62%
Main workersworked at least 6 months286,046233,35252,694
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months39,68723,03716,650
Non-workerspeople559,630211,654347,976

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 14604; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 206,014 households and 885,363 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.76% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.58% for males and 88.53% for females.
  • Of 325,733 workers, 87.82% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,386977
Agricultural labourers3,4861,984
Household industry workers15,5092,616
Other workers264,66534,110

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
Bhubaneswar (M Corp. + OG)38603055885,363

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 843,402 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople843,402446,204397,198
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–681,84742,99738,850
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+699,610381,665317,945
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.87%94.66%88.73%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople70,23036,46333,767
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople42,38922,91319,476
Total workersCensus workers310,464244,24866,216
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.81%54.74%16.67%
Main workersworked at least 6 months274,533223,66750,866
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months35,93120,58115,350
Non-workerspeople532,938201,956330,982

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 14605; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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