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Town · Census 2011 · code 802128

Khargapur 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.
Population14,813people
Households2,777PCA households
Literacy rate70.01%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.99%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,8137,9156,898
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,2251,231994
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+8,8135,1833,630
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+70.01%77.54%61.48%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,6801,9531,727
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople452421
Total workersCensus workers5,4793,8661,613
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.99%48.84%23.38%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,4163,422994
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,063444619
Non-workerspeople9,3344,0495,285

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16192; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,777 households and 14,813 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 15.02% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 77.54% for males and 61.48% for females.
  • Of 5,479 workers, 80.6% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,342234
Agricultural labourers622386
Household industry workers33380
Other workers2,119363

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
Khargapur (NP)4240342214,813

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.