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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802170

Satna population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Satna 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.
Population282,977people
Households55,379PCA households
Literacy rate84.8%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.78%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople282,977149,415133,562
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–633,02517,53315,492
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+211,970118,82893,142
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.8%90.1%78.89%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople39,29720,40118,896
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople9,5085,0034,505
Total workersCensus workers92,74674,29918,447
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.78%49.73%13.81%
Main workersworked at least 6 months79,80566,26213,543
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months12,9418,0374,904
Non-workerspeople190,23175,116115,115

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16386; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 55,379 households and 282,977 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.67% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.1% for males and 78.89% for females.
  • Of 92,746 workers, 86.05% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,039311
Agricultural labourers2,5951,093
Household industry workers5,1721,405
Other workers69,99910,132

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Satna (M Corp. + OG)42903461282,977

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 280,222 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople280,222147,874132,348
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–632,77417,39515,379
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+209,825117,54092,285
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.8%90.08%78.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople38,97820,23918,739
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople9,3814,9304,451
Total workersCensus workers91,94373,58018,363
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.81%49.76%13.87%
Main workersworked at least 6 months79,12865,64813,480
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months12,8157,9324,883
Non-workerspeople188,27974,294113,985

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16387; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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