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Devkar 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 6,358 people
Households 1,326 PCA households
Literacy rate 76.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 44.4% % 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 6,358 3,173 3,185 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 914 471 443 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,176 2,308 1,868 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 76.71% 85.42% 68.13% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 138 67 71 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 432 208 224 Total workersCensus workers 2,823 1,794 1,029 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 44.4% 56.54% 32.31% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,235 1,510 725 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 588 284 304 Non-workerspeople 3,535 1,379 2,156
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 1,326 households and 6,358 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.38% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.42% for males and 68.13% for females. Of 2,823 workers, 79.17% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 346 10 Agricultural labourers 934 320 Household industry workers 147 63 Other workers 808 195
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 Devkar (NP) 409 03313 6,358
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.