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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800820

Sirsaganj population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Uttar Pradesh, 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.
Population32,098people
Households5,540PCA households
Literacy rate81.41%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.07%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople32,09816,74815,350
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,0752,1721,903
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+22,81312,48610,327
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.41%85.66%76.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,7812,5192,262
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers9,0098,017992
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.07%47.87%6.46%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,7016,047654
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3081,970338
Non-workerspeople23,0898,73114,358

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 4276; 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 5,540 households and 32,098 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.7% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 85.66% and female literacy was 76.8%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 9,009 Census workers, 74.38% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators78082
Agricultural labourers547674
Household industry workers791134
Other workers4,5831,418

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
Sirsaganj (NPP + OG)1470077432,098

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 31,377 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople31,37716,36615,011
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,9652,1121,853
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+22,31612,21010,106
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.41%85.66%76.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,6532,4502,203
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers8,8297,846983
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.14%47.94%6.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,6005,950650
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,2291,896333
Non-workerspeople22,5488,52014,028

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 4277; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks