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Town · Census 2011 · code 802007

Bhilai Charoda 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 town total is our sum of 3 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population98,008people
Households20,843PCA households
Literacy rate85.37%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.46%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople98,00850,01347,995
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,8746,0735,801
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+73,53140,56732,964
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.37%92.32%78.12%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,4207,7567,664
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,6402,8532,787
Total workersCensus workers33,77326,5777,196
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.46%53.14%14.99%
Main workersworked at least 6 months30,68324,9695,714
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,0901,6081,482
Non-workerspeople64,23523,43640,799

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15682, 15687, 15696; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 20,843 households and 98,008 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.12% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.32% for males and 78.12% for females.
  • Of 33,773 workers, 90.85% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,222243
Agricultural labourers1,5731,214
Household industry workers88095
Other workers27,0081,538

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
Bhilai Charoda (M) (Part)409033165,643
Bhilai Charoda (M) (Part)409033177,055
Bhilai Charoda (M) (Part)4090331885,310

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.