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Dewas 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 289,550 people
Households 57,397 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.64% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.21% % 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 289,550 150,081 139,469 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 35,437 18,570 16,867 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 215,088 119,843 95,245 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.64% 91.13% 77.69% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 56,366 29,149 27,217 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 9,861 5,050 4,811 Total workersCensus workers 96,172 78,146 18,026 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.21% 52.07% 12.92% Main workersworked at least 6 months 87,471 73,059 14,412 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 8,701 5,087 3,614 Non-workerspeople 193,378 71,935 121,443
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 57,397 households and 289,550 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.24% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.13% for males and 77.69% for females. Of 96,172 workers, 90.95% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,717 264 Agricultural labourers 2,533 1,844 Household industry workers 2,633 328 Other workers 79,588 6,265
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 Dewas (M Corp.) 437 03526 289,550
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.