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Dhar 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 93,917 people
Households 18,531 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.09% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.23% % 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 93,917 48,413 45,504 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,947 6,363 5,584 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 68,928 37,795 31,133 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.09% 89.88% 77.99% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,549 3,830 3,719 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 16,636 8,458 8,178 Total workersCensus workers 32,152 24,723 7,429 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.23% 51.07% 16.33% Main workersworked at least 6 months 28,343 22,396 5,947 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,809 2,327 1,482 Non-workerspeople 61,765 23,690 38,075
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 18,531 households and 93,917 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.72% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.88% for males and 77.99% for females. Of 32,152 workers, 88.15% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 823 55 Agricultural labourers 660 398 Household industry workers 953 257 Other workers 25,907 3,099
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 Dhar (M) 438 03534 93,917
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.