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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802052

Dhamtari population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Dhamtari 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.
Population101,677people
Households22,164PCA households
Literacy rate85.31%% of people aged 7+
Work participation39.05%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople101,67750,80750,870
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,6525,9565,696
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+76,80041,32835,472
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.31%92.15%78.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,6644,6794,985
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,0544,9215,133
Total workersCensus workers39,70527,68912,016
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.05%54.5%23.62%
Main workersworked at least 6 months35,31825,4959,823
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,3872,1942,193
Non-workerspeople61,97223,11838,854

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15840; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 22,164 households and 101,677 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.46% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.15% for males and 78.52% for females.
  • Of 39,705 workers, 88.95% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,394150
Agricultural labourers3,0251,622
Household industry workers2,340273
Other workers28,5592,342

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
Dhamtari (M + OG)41203346101,677

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 89,860 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople89,86044,82045,040
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,3155,2805,035
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+67,91836,43631,482
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.38%92.15%78.7%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,7804,2474,533
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople7,8103,8024,008
Total workersCensus workers34,78524,43810,347
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.71%54.52%22.97%
Main workersworked at least 6 months31,32522,6738,652
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4601,7651,695
Non-workerspeople55,07520,38234,693

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15841; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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