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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802383

Dongar Parasia population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Madhya Pradesh · Census 2011Chhindwara 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.
Population42,786people
Households9,099PCA households
Literacy rate82.58%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.46%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople42,78621,61821,168
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,6812,3842,297
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+31,46716,97414,493
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.58%88.25%76.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,3313,6563,675
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,4313,1673,264
Total workersCensus workers13,89010,8813,009
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.46%50.33%14.21%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,2779,8772,400
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,6131,004609
Non-workerspeople28,89610,73718,159

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17339; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 9,099 households and 42,786 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.94% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.25% for males and 76.8% for females.
  • Of 13,890 workers, 88.39% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators23124
Agricultural labourers120129
Household industry workers21460
Other workers11,7121,400

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
Dongar Parasia (M + OG)4550365242,786

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 39,374 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople39,37419,85819,516
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,3192,1982,121
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+29,21915,69513,524
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.35%88.87%77.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,7053,3473,358
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,8842,3852,499
Total workersCensus workers12,5419,9612,580
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.85%50.16%13.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,2239,0452,178
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,318916402
Non-workerspeople26,8339,89716,936

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17340; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks