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Town · Census 2011 · code 802440

Shahpur 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.
Population19,719people
Households4,062PCA households
Literacy rate70.21%% of people aged 7+
Work participation44.65%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople19,71910,1749,545
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,6751,4531,222
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,9676,7915,176
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+70.21%77.87%62.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,5821,3241,258
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,199623576
Total workersCensus workers8,8045,9002,904
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population44.65%57.99%30.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,1295,1731,956
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,675727948
Non-workerspeople10,9154,2746,641

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17662; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,062 households and 19,719 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.57% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 77.87% for males and 62.19% for females.
  • Of 8,804 workers, 80.97% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators97479
Agricultural labourers4,1751,473
Household industry workers1127
Other workers1,868116

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
Shahpur (NP)4670371919,719

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.