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district · Census 2011 · code 272

Senapati population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed district profile in Manipur, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and geography.

Historical geographic unit. Historical Census 2011 district boundary. This record does not represent a present-day district unless the boundaries are independently shown to match.
Population479,148people
Households83,411PCA households
Literacy rate63.6%% of people aged 7+
Work participation48.76%% of all residents

Total, rural and urban population

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalRuralUrban
Populationpeople479,148471,6727,476
Households recorded in the PCAhouseholds83,41181,9741,437
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–663,33562,3191,016
Children aged 0–6 as a share of population%13.22%13.21%13.59%
Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males9379361,010
Child sex ratiogirls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6893891969
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+264,477258,9785,499
Literacy rate%63.6%63.27%85.12%
Male literacy rate%69.21%68.89%89.98%
Female literacy rate%57.67%57.3%80.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,0009973
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople419,210413,5555,655
Total workersCensus workers233,622231,0232,599
Work participation rate%48.76%48.98%34.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months185,725183,7921,933
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months47,89747,231666
Non-workerspeople245,526240,6494,877

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Sheet1! rows 860, 861, 862; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 83,411 households and 479,148 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Urban residents accounted for 1.56% of this area’s population, compared with 98.44% in rural areas.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 13.22% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 69.21% and female literacy was 57.67%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 233,622 Census workers, 79.5% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators149,79725,330
Agricultural labourers5,0396,171
Household industry workers2,1852,793
Other workers28,70413,603

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

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Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Towns connected to this district

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Census code 268681

Kangpokpi

7,476 people within this district · Census town