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Balangir 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 98,238 people
Households 21,980 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.03% % 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 98,238 50,582 47,656 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,248 5,323 4,925 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 75,910 41,530 34,380 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.27% 91.76% 80.46% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 14,346 7,343 7,003 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 4,864 2,438 2,426 Total workersCensus workers 34,415 27,420 6,995 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.03% 54.21% 14.68% Main workersworked at least 6 months 28,123 23,469 4,654 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,292 3,951 2,341 Non-workerspeople 63,823 23,162 40,661
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 21,980 households and 98,238 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.43% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.76% for males and 80.46% for females. Of 34,415 workers, 81.72% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 500 206 Agricultural labourers 367 620 Household industry workers 1,383 628 Other workers 25,873 4,838
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 Balangir (M) 393 03142 98,238
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.