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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802167

Damoh population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Damoh 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.
Population139,561people
Households28,274PCA households
Literacy rate85.94%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.12%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople139,56172,86966,692
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,9728,9258,047
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+105,35958,19747,162
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.94%91.01%80.42%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople27,61014,53813,072
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,8861,4801,406
Total workersCensus workers49,00937,20011,809
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.12%51.05%17.71%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,50733,3839,124
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,5023,8172,685
Non-workerspeople90,55235,66954,883

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16368; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 28,274 households and 139,561 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.16% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.01% for males and 80.42% for females.
  • Of 49,009 workers, 86.73% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,333135
Agricultural labourers835227
Household industry workers3,9431,353
Other workers36,3964,787

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
Damoh (M + OG)42803458139,561

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 125,101 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople125,10165,29959,802
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,1667,9777,189
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+94,74452,23142,513
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.18%91.12%80.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,25312,79911,454
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,1111,0821,029
Total workersCensus workers44,05933,41810,641
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.22%51.18%17.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months38,45030,0588,392
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,6093,3602,249
Non-workerspeople81,04231,88149,161

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16369; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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