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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801927

Ambikapur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Surguja 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.
Population121,071people
Households24,080PCA households
Literacy rate87.83%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.73%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople121,07162,77658,295
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,6297,7756,854
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+93,48950,90942,580
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.83%92.56%82.77%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,3842,8382,546
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople23,91211,89912,013
Total workersCensus workers37,20830,1787,030
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.73%48.07%12.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months34,43628,1626,274
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,7722,016756
Non-workerspeople83,86332,59851,265

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15354; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 24,080 households and 121,071 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.08% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.56% for males and 82.77% for females.
  • Of 37,208 workers, 92.55% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators804174
Agricultural labourers527282
Household industry workers485106
Other workers32,6202,210

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
Ambikapur (M Corp. + OG)40103247121,071

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 112,449 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople112,44958,33254,117
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,4017,1406,261
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+87,44647,52739,919
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.29%92.84%83.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,8492,5702,279
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople22,52011,21111,309
Total workersCensus workers34,64728,0196,628
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.81%48.03%12.25%
Main workersworked at least 6 months32,27826,2845,994
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3691,735634
Non-workerspeople77,80230,31347,489

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15355; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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