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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802079

Sheopur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Sheopur 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.
Population71,951people
Households13,724PCA households
Literacy rate73.05%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.47%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,95137,60234,349
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,2215,3344,887
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+45,09526,43418,661
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.05%81.92%63.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,4785,4675,011
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,4361,2631,173
Total workersCensus workers21,92318,3233,600
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.47%48.73%10.48%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,14116,4512,690
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,7821,872910
Non-workerspeople50,02819,27930,749

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15998; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,724 households and 71,951 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.21% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.92% for males and 63.34% for females.
  • Of 21,923 workers, 87.31% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators86474
Agricultural labourers643227
Household industry workers1,279230
Other workers16,3552,251

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
Sheopur (M + OG)4180338271,951

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 68,820 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople68,82035,94532,875
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,7795,1054,674
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+43,17525,30017,875
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.13%82.04%63.38%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,8065,1094,697
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,0251,057968
Total workersCensus workers21,04117,5593,482
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.57%48.85%10.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,39815,7902,608
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,6431,769874
Non-workerspeople47,77918,38629,393

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15999; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks