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Town · Census 2011 · code 800615

Baran 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 2011Baran district
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.
Population117,992people
Households23,277PCA households
Literacy rate80.25%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.56%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople117,99261,07156,921
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,1907,9457,245
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+82,49547,32135,174
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.25%89.07%70.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople27,06313,95713,106
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,2593,2782,981
Total workersCensus workers37,24330,6046,639
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.56%50.11%11.66%
Main workersworked at least 6 months32,11327,5364,577
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,1303,0682,062
Non-workerspeople80,74930,46750,282

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 3580; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 23,277 households and 117,992 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.87% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 89.07% and female literacy was 70.81%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 37,243 Census workers, 86.23% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,258204
Agricultural labourers1,155604
Household industry workers1,531308
Other workers27,1694,014

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
Baran (M)12800672117,992

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