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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801975

Bilaspur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Bilaspur 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.
Population365,579people
Households77,065PCA households
Literacy rate87.65%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.37%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople365,579188,342177,237
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–642,36322,33520,028
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+283,309153,564129,745
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.65%92.5%82.53%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople49,66325,54324,120
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople17,8689,0898,779
Total workersCensus workers125,63698,72626,910
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.37%52.42%15.18%
Main workersworked at least 6 months116,97093,15823,812
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,6665,5683,098
Non-workerspeople239,94389,616150,327

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15567, 15576; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 77,065 households and 365,579 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.59% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.5% for males and 82.53% for females.
  • Of 125,636 workers, 93.1% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,319148
Agricultural labourers1,709583
Household industry workers2,774290
Other workers111,1687,645

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
Bilaspur (M Corp. + OG) (Part)4060329416,472
Bilaspur (M Corp. + OG) (Part)40603295349,107

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 331,030 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople331,030170,410160,620
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–637,55219,73017,822
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+258,636139,852118,784
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.13%92.81%83.18%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople41,14621,10720,039
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople14,5237,4017,122
Total workersCensus workers113,55189,71523,836
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.3%52.65%14.84%
Main workersworked at least 6 months105,73684,63521,101
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,8155,0802,735
Non-workerspeople217,47980,695136,784

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15568, 15577; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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