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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801939

Raigarh population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Raigarh 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.
Population150,019people
Households32,658PCA households
Literacy rate86.76%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.01%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople150,01976,86573,154
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–618,8049,8488,956
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+113,84862,31951,529
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.76%92.99%80.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople25,61212,79712,815
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople13,4916,8136,678
Total workersCensus workers49,51640,7908,726
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.01%53.07%11.93%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,94438,3397,605
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,5722,4511,121
Non-workerspeople100,50336,07564,428

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15435; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 32,658 households and 150,019 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.53% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.99% for males and 80.27% for females.
  • Of 49,516 workers, 92.79% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators25735
Agricultural labourers532210
Household industry workers78269
Other workers44,3733,258

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
Raigarh (M Corp. + OG)40303267150,019

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 137,126 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople137,12670,19766,929
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,9948,8568,138
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+104,54457,15647,388
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.02%93.18%80.6%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,48711,71611,771
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople11,5795,8745,705
Total workersCensus workers45,22537,2208,005
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.98%53.02%11.96%
Main workersworked at least 6 months41,91434,9266,988
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,3112,2941,017
Non-workerspeople91,90132,97758,924

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15436; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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