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Census town · Census 2011 · code 490242

Karmeta population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Madhya Pradesh, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and 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.
Population14,452people
Households3,118PCA households
Literacy rate88.74%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.09%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,4527,6356,817
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,674910764
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,3396,2895,050
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.74%93.52%83.43%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,5311,3551,176
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,106582524
Total workersCensus workers4,9274,148779
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.09%54.33%11.43%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,9943,480514
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months933668265
Non-workerspeople9,5253,4876,038

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 17220; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 3,118 households and 14,452 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.58% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 93.52% and female literacy was 83.43%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 4,927 Census workers, 81.06% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators889
Agricultural labourers15546
Household industry workers16366
Other workers3,588812

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

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

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
Karmeta (CT)4510363214,452

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