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Town · Census 2011 · code 802081

Ambah population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Madhya Pradesh, 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.
Population47,177people
Households7,683PCA households
Literacy rate78.97%% of people aged 7+
Work participation27.46%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople47,17725,09322,084
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,4483,5652,883
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,16318,84913,314
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+78.97%87.56%69.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,1654,8094,356
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1468363
Total workersCensus workers12,95511,3211,634
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.46%45.12%7.4%
Main workersworked at least 6 months10,8419,973868
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1141,348766
Non-workerspeople34,22213,77220,450

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16013; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 7,683 households and 47,177 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.67% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.56% for males and 69.34% for females.
  • Of 12,955 workers, 83.68% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,06961
Agricultural labourers1,119272
Household industry workers346137
Other workers7,3071,644

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
Ambah (M)4190338547,177

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.