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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800554

Sheoganj 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population28,053people
Households5,515PCA households
Literacy rate83.31%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.52%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople28,05314,60213,451
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,3201,7521,568
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+20,60512,0688,537
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.31%93.91%71.84%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,9892,1071,882
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,306685621
Total workersCensus workers8,5627,626936
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.52%52.23%6.96%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,8697,221648
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months693405288
Non-workerspeople19,4916,97612,515

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 3206; 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 5,515 households and 28,053 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.83% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 93.91% and female literacy was 71.84%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 8,562 Census workers, 91.91% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators657
Agricultural labourers4944
Household industry workers17946
Other workers7,576596

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
Sheoganj (M + OG)1170059228,053

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

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 27,198 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople27,19814,06113,137
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,2061,6911,515
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+20,11311,6948,419
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.83%94.54%72.44%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,6511,9261,725
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,298679619
Total workersCensus workers8,3517,438913
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.7%52.9%6.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,7117,068643
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months640370270
Non-workerspeople18,8476,62312,224

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3207; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks