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Ashta population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Maharashtra, 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 37,105 people
Households 7,709 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.6% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.72% % 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 37,105 19,171 17,934 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,739 2,001 1,738 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 27,893 15,371 12,522 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.6% 89.52% 77.32% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,750 2,886 2,864 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 519 242 277 Total workersCensus workers 14,739 10,206 4,533 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.72% 53.24% 25.28% Main workersworked at least 6 months 13,172 9,499 3,673 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,567 707 860 Non-workerspeople 22,366 8,965 13,401
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 7,709 households and 37,105 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.08% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.52% for males and 77.32% for females. Of 14,739 workers, 89.37% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,935 241 Agricultural labourers 4,099 506 Household industry workers 364 81 Other workers 5,774 739
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 Ashta (M Cl) 531 04296 37,105
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.