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Census town · Census 2011 · code 229455

Dumari urf Damodarpur Shahjahan population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Bihar · Census 2011Muzaffarpur district
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.
Population6,301people
Households1,149PCA households
Literacy rate73.69%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.79%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,3013,4152,886
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,053575478
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,8672,2731,594
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.69%80.04%66.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,444758686
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople663234
Total workersCensus workers2,1291,619510
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.79%47.41%17.67%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,174902272
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months955717238
Non-workerspeople4,1721,7962,376

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
Data! rows 6503; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 1,149 households and 6,301 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 16.71% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 80.04% and female literacy was 66.2%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 2,129 Census workers, 55.14% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators208
Agricultural labourers286671
Household industry workers11723
Other workers751253

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.

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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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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Dumari urf Damodarpur Shahjahan (CT)216012126,301

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.