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Bastar 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 10,048 people
Households 2,220 PCA households
Literacy rate 64.39% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.5% % 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 10,048 4,866 5,182 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,407 700 707 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,564 3,082 2,482 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 64.39% 73.98% 55.46% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 110 48 62 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 5,836 2,802 3,034 Total workersCensus workers 3,969 2,609 1,360 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.5% 53.62% 26.24% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,342 2,467 875 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 627 142 485 Non-workerspeople 6,079 2,257 3,822
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 2,220 households and 10,048 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.98% for males and 55.46% for females. Of 3,969 workers, 84.2% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 841 18 Agricultural labourers 1,325 549 Household industry workers 21 3 Other workers 1,155 57
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 Bastar (NP) 414 03363 10,048
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.