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Bhopal 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 1,798,218 people
Households 382,690 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.47% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.1% % 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 1,798,218 936,168 862,050 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 216,088 112,602 103,486 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 1,320,675 720,207 600,468 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.47% 87.45% 79.16% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 242,103 125,393 116,710 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 46,076 23,863 22,213 Total workersCensus workers 631,112 490,496 140,616 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.1% 52.39% 16.31% Main workersworked at least 6 months 539,208 434,315 104,893 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 91,904 56,181 35,723 Non-workerspeople 1,167,106 445,672 721,434
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 382,690 households and 1,798,218 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.02% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.45% for males and 79.16% for females. Of 631,112 workers, 85.44% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 5,193 2,794 Agricultural labourers 8,030 5,097 Household industry workers 15,538 3,942 Other workers 510,447 80,071
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 Bhopal (M Corp.) 444 03581 1,798,218
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.