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Nowgong 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 40,580 people
Households 7,458 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.03% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.58% % 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 40,580 21,573 19,007 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,971 2,675 2,296 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 30,989 17,428 13,561 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.03% 92.22% 81.15% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,920 3,604 3,316 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 221 147 74 Total workersCensus workers 12,003 9,988 2,015 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.58% 46.3% 10.6% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,955 8,514 1,441 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,048 1,474 574 Non-workerspeople 28,577 11,585 16,992
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 7,458 households and 40,580 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.22% for males and 81.15% for females. Of 12,003 workers, 82.94% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 602 22 Agricultural labourers 184 88 Household industry workers 302 118 Other workers 8,867 1,820
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 Nowgong (M) 425 03427 40,580
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.