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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802159

Sagar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Sagar 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.
Population274,556people
Households52,833PCA households
Literacy rate89.45%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.52%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople274,556143,425131,131
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–632,61016,91415,696
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+216,422118,53397,889
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.45%93.69%84.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople54,43228,74025,692
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,0521,5761,476
Total workersCensus workers103,01675,80027,216
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.52%52.85%20.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months93,91770,48523,432
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,0995,3153,784
Non-workerspeople171,54067,625103,915

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16325; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 52,833 households and 274,556 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.88% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.69% for males and 84.8% for females.
  • Of 103,016 workers, 91.17% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,458149
Agricultural labourers2,093321
Household industry workers15,5241,810
Other workers74,8426,819

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
Sagar (M Corp. + OG)42703449274,556

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 273,296 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople273,296142,766130,530
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–632,50916,85915,650
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+215,363117,95197,412
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.44%93.68%84.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople54,31428,67525,639
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,0341,5661,468
Total workersCensus workers102,63975,50227,137
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.56%52.89%20.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months93,54770,18923,358
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,0925,3133,779
Non-workerspeople170,65767,264103,393

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16326; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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