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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800540

Makrana 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.

Rajasthan · Census 2011Nagaur district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population94,487people
Households12,761PCA households
Literacy rate63.53%% of people aged 7+
Work participation24.48%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople94,48748,74545,742
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,6628,6498,013
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+49,44129,52819,913
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+63.53%73.64%52.78%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,4544,9214,533
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople754233
Total workersCensus workers23,13321,9071,226
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population24.48%44.94%2.68%
Main workersworked at least 6 months21,61220,796816
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,5211,111410
Non-workerspeople71,35426,83844,516

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 3081, 3087; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 12,761 households and 94,487 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 17.63% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 73.64% and female literacy was 52.78%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 23,133 Census workers, 93.42% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators4417
Agricultural labourers13125
Household industry workers36163
Other workers21,0761,416

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
Makrana (M + OG) (Part)112005641,393
Makrana (M + OG) (Part)1120056593,094

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