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Town · Census 2011 · code 802239

Shajapur 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.
Population69,263people
Households13,066PCA households
Literacy rate85.47%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.07%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople69,26335,62333,640
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,5704,4644,106
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+51,87528,54423,331
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.47%91.61%79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,7144,9474,767
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople977497480
Total workersCensus workers22,21018,1984,012
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.07%51.08%11.93%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,55516,5572,998
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,6551,6411,014
Non-workerspeople47,05317,42529,628

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16664; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,066 households and 69,263 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.37% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.61% for males and 79% for females.
  • Of 22,210 workers, 88.05% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators77472
Agricultural labourers553477
Household industry workers602125
Other workers17,6261,981

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
Shajapur (M)4360351969,263

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.