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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802008

Bhilai Nagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Durg 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.
Population627,734people
Households135,569PCA households
Literacy rate86.62%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.74%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople627,734323,479304,255
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–669,47836,14233,336
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+483,553264,957218,596
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.62%92.21%80.69%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople88,73344,92543,808
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople31,43316,09315,340
Total workersCensus workers205,520168,80336,717
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.74%52.18%12.07%
Main workersworked at least 6 months196,004162,54033,464
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,5166,2633,253
Non-workerspeople422,214154,676267,538

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15688, 15697; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 135,569 households and 627,734 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.07% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.21% for males and 80.69% for females.
  • Of 205,520 workers, 95.37% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators664333
Agricultural labourers1,099545
Household industry workers4,229334
Other workers190,0128,304

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 Nagar (M Corp. + OG) (Part)40903317618,611
Bhilai Nagar (M Corp. + OG) (Part)409033189,123

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 625,700 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople625,700322,309303,391
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–669,23736,02533,212
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+482,080264,011218,069
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.63%92.22%80.71%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople88,33044,70943,621
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople31,32916,04215,287
Total workersCensus workers204,603168,04236,561
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.7%52.14%12.05%
Main workersworked at least 6 months195,171161,84833,323
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,4326,1943,238
Non-workerspeople421,097154,267266,830

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15689, 15698; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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