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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800601

Banswara 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.
Population101,017people
Households21,989PCA households
Literacy rate85.7%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.15%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople101,01751,58549,432
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,3656,6395,726
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+75,97241,00934,963
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.7%91.24%80%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,0273,5863,441
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,0575,0325,025
Total workersCensus workers34,50226,6357,867
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.15%51.63%15.91%
Main workersworked at least 6 months30,39024,2096,181
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,1122,4261,686
Non-workerspeople66,51524,95041,565

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 3488; 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 21,989 households and 101,017 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.24% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.24% and female literacy was 80%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 34,502 Census workers, 88.08% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators787375
Agricultural labourers32894
Household industry workers1,483281
Other workers27,7923,362

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
Banswara (M + OG)12500652101,017

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 99,969 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople99,96951,00048,969
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,2746,5985,676
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+75,16940,51734,652
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.72%91.25%80.04%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,0063,5733,433
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,0235,0185,005
Total workersCensus workers33,93726,2087,729
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.95%51.39%15.78%
Main workersworked at least 6 months29,92223,8346,088
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,0152,3741,641
Non-workerspeople66,03224,79241,240

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 3489; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks