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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801949

Korba population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Korba 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. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population365,253people
Households82,157PCA households
Literacy rate83.46%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.79%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople365,253189,772175,481
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–646,60424,05222,552
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+265,936150,029115,907
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.46%90.53%75.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople48,18224,75923,423
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople46,81023,72123,089
Total workersCensus workers119,75198,22921,522
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.79%51.76%12.26%
Main workersworked at least 6 months106,49489,77916,715
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,2578,4504,807
Non-workerspeople245,50291,543153,959

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15464, 15476; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 82,157 households and 365,253 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.76% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.53% for males and 75.79% for females.
  • Of 119,751 workers, 88.93% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,4881,206
Agricultural labourers2,3932,974
Household industry workers1,735532
Other workers99,8788,545

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
Korba (M Corp.) (Part)40403272140,573
Korba (M Corp. + OG) (Part)40403275224,680

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 363,390 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople363,390188,818174,572
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–646,43023,96522,465
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+264,297149,181115,116
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.38%90.49%75.68%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople48,07824,70923,369
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople46,71823,67323,045
Total workersCensus workers119,03797,62821,409
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.76%51.7%12.26%
Main workersworked at least 6 months105,78889,18216,606
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,2498,4464,803
Non-workerspeople244,35391,190153,163

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15464, 15477; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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