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Town · Census 2011 · code 800861

Shahi 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.

Uttar Pradesh · Census 2011Bareilly 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.
Population16,950people
Households2,584PCA households
Literacy rate35.85%% of people aged 7+
Work participation25.79%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople16,9508,8548,096
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,6901,4211,269
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+5,1123,1811,931
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+35.85%42.8%28.28%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,057567490
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers4,3723,936436
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population25.79%44.45%5.39%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,3033,112191
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,069824245
Non-workerspeople12,5784,9187,660

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 4361; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 2,584 households and 16,950 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 15.87% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 42.8% and female literacy was 28.28%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 4,372 Census workers, 75.55% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators42824
Agricultural labourers1,432489
Household industry workers9575
Other workers1,348481

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
Shahi (NP)1500078516,950

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