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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802034

Raipur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Raipur 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. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population1,027,264people
Households218,937PCA households
Literacy rate85.94%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.65%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,027,264527,365499,899
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6131,16667,86163,305
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+770,112418,960351,152
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.94%91.18%80.43%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople130,96965,75665,213
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople44,42822,70221,726
Total workersCensus workers376,468290,41786,051
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.65%55.07%17.21%
Main workersworked at least 6 months347,903273,84074,063
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months28,56516,57711,988
Non-workerspeople650,796236,948413,848

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15771; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 218,937 households and 1,027,264 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.77% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.18% for males and 80.43% for females.
  • Of 376,468 workers, 92.41% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,784776
Agricultural labourers5,9531,332
Household industry workers11,3611,309
Other workers327,80525,148

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
Raipur (M Corp. + OG)410033321,027,264

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 1,010,433 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,010,433518,611491,822
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6128,66566,56362,102
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+757,910412,095345,815
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.95%91.16%80.47%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople128,15964,35863,801
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople43,70522,32121,384
Total workersCensus workers370,456285,54484,912
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.66%55.06%17.26%
Main workersworked at least 6 months342,524269,39673,128
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months27,93216,14811,784
Non-workerspeople639,977233,067406,910

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15772; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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