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Census town · Census 2011 · code 552676

Shelar population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Maharashtra, 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.
Population14,899people
Households3,538PCA households
Literacy rate80.45%% of people aged 7+
Work participation48.59%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,8999,1835,716
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,880943937
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+10,4747,0173,457
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.45%85.16%72.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,728962766
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople951507444
Total workersCensus workers7,2406,339901
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population48.59%69.03%15.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,6426,016626
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months598323275
Non-workerspeople7,6592,8444,815

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 19865; 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 3,538 households and 14,899 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.62% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 85.16% and female literacy was 72.34%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 7,240 Census workers, 91.74% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators8837
Agricultural labourers12034
Household industry workers123142
Other workers6,311385

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
Shelar (CT)5170416614,899

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