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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802045

Mahasamund population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Mahasamund 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.
Population54,413people
Households12,198PCA households
Literacy rate83.67%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.91%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople54,41327,09327,320
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,6213,3563,265
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+39,98621,55018,436
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.67%90.79%76.64%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,1763,9624,214
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,8051,8641,941
Total workersCensus workers20,08214,7925,290
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.91%54.6%19.36%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,00213,6484,354
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,0801,144936
Non-workerspeople34,33112,30122,030

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15814; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 12,198 households and 54,413 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.17% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.79% for males and 76.64% for females.
  • Of 20,082 workers, 89.64% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators33156
Agricultural labourers708344
Household industry workers69873
Other workers16,2651,607

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
Mahasamund (M + OG)4110334154,413

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 53,783 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople53,78326,77127,012
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,5553,3223,233
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+39,46921,27118,198
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.57%90.71%76.53%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,9973,8714,126
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,7401,8281,912
Total workersCensus workers19,83814,6095,229
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.89%54.57%19.36%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,77713,4754,302
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,0611,134927
Non-workerspeople33,94512,16221,783

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15815; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks