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Surajpur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Chhattisgarh, 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 20,189 people
Households 4,397 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.89% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.73% % 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 20,189 10,430 9,759 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,649 1,419 1,230 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,013 7,816 6,197 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.89% 86.74% 72.66% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,302 672 630 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,097 1,581 1,516 Total workersCensus workers 6,810 5,408 1,402 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.73% 51.85% 14.37% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,707 4,943 764 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,103 465 638 Non-workerspeople 13,379 5,022 8,357
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 4,397 households and 20,189 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.74% for males and 72.66% for females. Of 6,810 workers, 83.8% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 784 310 Agricultural labourers 239 393 Household industry workers 69 31 Other workers 4,615 369
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 Surajpur (M) 401 03242 20,189
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.