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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802308

Basoda population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Vidisha 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.
Population78,289people
Households15,634PCA households
Literacy rate83.24%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.87%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople78,28940,95037,339
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,2985,3074,991
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+56,59631,65724,939
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.24%88.82%77.1%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,9566,7736,183
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople620315305
Total workersCensus workers24,95420,8784,076
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.87%50.98%10.92%
Main workersworked at least 6 months21,46918,4772,992
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4852,4011,084
Non-workerspeople53,33520,07233,263

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16943; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 15,634 households and 78,289 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.15% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.82% for males and 77.1% for females.
  • Of 24,954 workers, 86.03% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,52955
Agricultural labourers367240
Household industry workers790135
Other workers18,7833,055

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Basoda (M + OG)4430357378,289

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 71,353 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,35337,31634,037
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,3774,8204,557
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+51,46028,79122,669
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.03%88.6%76.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,4366,5005,936
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople509262247
Total workersCensus workers22,82519,0593,766
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.99%51.07%11.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,66216,8892,773
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,1632,170993
Non-workerspeople48,52818,25730,271

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16944; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks