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Porsa 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.
Population 39,669 people
Households 6,792 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.9% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.68% % 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 39,669 20,951 18,718 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,641 2,977 2,664 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 27,529 16,034 11,495 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.9% 89.21% 71.6% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,673 4,064 3,609 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 86 41 45 Total workersCensus workers 11,377 9,692 1,685 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.68% 46.26% 9% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,433 8,519 914 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,944 1,173 771 Non-workerspeople 28,292 11,259 17,033
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 6,792 households and 39,669 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.22% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.21% for males and 71.6% for females. Of 11,377 workers, 82.91% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,015 61 Agricultural labourers 586 185 Household industry workers 167 63 Other workers 6,665 1,635
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 Porsa (M) 419 03386 39,669
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.