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Balod 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 23,648 people
Households 5,308 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.06% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.17% % 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 23,648 11,798 11,850 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,536 1,281 1,255 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 18,592 9,886 8,706 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.06% 94% 82.17% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,830 895 935 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,733 1,326 1,407 Total workersCensus workers 9,262 6,567 2,695 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.17% 55.66% 22.74% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,845 5,844 2,001 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,417 723 694 Non-workerspeople 14,386 5,231 9,155
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 5,308 households and 23,648 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.72% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94% for males and 82.17% for females. Of 9,262 workers, 84.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 402 44 Agricultural labourers 1,202 795 Household industry workers 122 27 Other workers 6,119 551
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 Balod (M) 409 03321 23,648
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.