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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801981

Kawardha population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Kabeerdham 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.
Population46,657people
Households10,168PCA households
Literacy rate81.18%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.81%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople46,65723,68122,976
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,5513,4013,150
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,55917,87914,680
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.18%88.16%74.04%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,5063,2233,283
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,5521,7971,755
Total workersCensus workers15,77312,0563,717
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.81%50.91%16.18%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,73211,4723,260
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,041584457
Non-workerspeople30,88411,62519,259

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15595; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 10,168 households and 46,657 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.04% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.16% for males and 74.04% for females.
  • Of 15,773 workers, 93.4% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators68094
Agricultural labourers425268
Household industry workers29236
Other workers13,335643

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
Kawardha (M + OG)4070329846,657

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 44,205 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople44,20522,36921,836
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,1673,2012,966
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,88916,88814,001
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.21%88.11%74.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,1903,0643,126
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,4421,7161,726
Total workersCensus workers14,91611,4153,501
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.74%51.03%16.03%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,15411,0103,144
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months762405357
Non-workerspeople29,28910,95418,335

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15596; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks