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Kharsia 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 18,939 people
Households 4,006 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.18% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.84% % 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 18,939 9,750 9,189 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,215 1,183 1,032 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,246 7,868 6,378 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.18% 91.84% 78.19% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,219 1,076 1,143 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 784 397 387 Total workersCensus workers 6,599 5,422 1,177 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.84% 55.61% 12.81% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,932 5,023 909 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 667 399 268 Non-workerspeople 12,340 4,328 8,012
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 4,006 households and 18,939 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.84% for males and 78.19% for females. Of 6,599 workers, 89.89% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 105 50 Agricultural labourers 203 68 Household industry workers 132 38 Other workers 5,492 511
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 Kharsia (M) 403 03269 18,939
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.