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Town · Census 2011 · code 800474

Bissau population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Rajasthan, 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.
Population23,227people
Households3,747PCA households
Literacy rate73.09%% of people aged 7+
Work participation26.93%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople23,22711,75111,476
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,5381,8831,655
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+14,3908,4875,903
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.09%86.01%60.11%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,1611,0811,080
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople473241232
Total workersCensus workers6,2555,0981,157
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.93%43.38%10.08%
Main workersworked at least 6 months5,2034,505698
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,052593459
Non-workerspeople16,9726,65310,319

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 2708; 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 3,747 households and 23,227 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 15.23% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 86.01% and female literacy was 60.11%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 6,255 Census workers, 83.18% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators229198
Agricultural labourers89171
Household industry workers28274
Other workers4,603609

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
Bissau (M)1030048723,227

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