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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802386

Chhindwara 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.
Population175,052people
Households37,255PCA households
Literacy rate88.39%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.91%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople175,05289,39685,656
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–618,0159,2558,760
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+138,80574,01064,795
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.39%92.35%84.26%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople22,40811,34411,064
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople19,1119,6029,509
Total workersCensus workers59,36345,67413,689
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.91%51.09%15.98%
Main workersworked at least 6 months54,21642,65011,566
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,1473,0242,123
Non-workerspeople115,68943,72271,967

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17350; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 37,255 households and 175,052 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.29% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.35% for males and 84.26% for females.
  • Of 59,363 workers, 91.33% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,180141
Agricultural labourers2,012578
Household industry workers1,638272
Other workers49,3864,156

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
Chhindwara (M + OG)45503654175,052

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 138,291 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople138,29170,46567,826
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,9847,1936,791
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+111,15858,86452,294
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.42%93.03%85.68%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople16,5828,3718,211
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople11,0195,4825,537
Total workersCensus workers46,06136,01110,050
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.31%51.1%14.82%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,57533,8898,686
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4862,1221,364
Non-workerspeople92,23034,45457,776

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17351; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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