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Durg 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 268,806 people
Households 57,451 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.36% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.22% % 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 268,806 136,641 132,165 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 29,970 15,404 14,566 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 208,659 112,676 95,983 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.36% 92.94% 81.62% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 31,175 15,630 15,545 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 12,568 6,294 6,274 Total workersCensus workers 97,353 73,879 23,474 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.22% 54.07% 17.76% Main workersworked at least 6 months 91,311 70,388 20,923 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,042 3,491 2,551 Non-workerspeople 171,453 62,762 108,691
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 57,451 households and 268,806 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.15% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.94% for males and 81.62% for females. Of 97,353 workers, 93.79% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,114 166 Agricultural labourers 1,766 633 Household industry workers 2,595 232 Other workers 85,836 5,011
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 Durg (M Corp.) 409 03317 268,806
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.