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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802315

Ashta population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Sehore 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.
Population53,184people
Households10,006PCA households
Literacy rate79.41%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.42%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople53,18427,59125,593
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,4833,8713,612
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+36,29020,24116,049
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.41%85.33%73.01%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,1893,6923,497
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople585340245
Total workersCensus workers16,70914,0922,617
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.42%51.07%10.23%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,51512,8071,708
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1941,285909
Non-workerspeople36,47513,49922,976

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16991; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 10,006 households and 53,184 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.07% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.33% for males and 73.01% for females.
  • Of 16,709 workers, 86.87% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators60864
Agricultural labourers241380
Household industry workers286100
Other workers13,3801,650

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
Ashta (M + OG)4450358453,184

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 51,824 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople51,82426,86624,958
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,2993,7793,520
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+35,34319,68415,659
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.38%85.26%73.04%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,9443,5653,379
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople529301228
Total workersCensus workers16,27813,7522,526
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.41%51.19%10.12%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,13312,4901,643
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1451,262883
Non-workerspeople35,54613,11422,432

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16992; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks