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Geedam 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 7,440 people
Households 1,715 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.52% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.69% % 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 7,440 3,702 3,738 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 975 511 464 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,141 2,788 2,353 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.52% 87.37% 71.87% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 329 149 180 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,502 685 817 Total workersCensus workers 2,581 2,024 557 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.69% 54.67% 14.9% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,083 1,721 362 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 498 303 195 Non-workerspeople 4,859 1,678 3,181
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 1,715 households and 7,440 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.1% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.37% for males and 71.87% for females. Of 2,581 workers, 80.71% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 24 17 Agricultural labourers 21 225 Household industry workers 38 19 Other workers 2,000 237
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 Geedam (NP) 416 03370 7,440
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.