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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801014

Orai 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.
Population190,575people
Households33,919PCA households
Literacy rate81.77%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.54%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople190,575101,30689,269
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–621,63211,7419,891
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+138,14178,75059,391
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.77%87.92%74.82%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople50,70827,11123,597
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople945242
Total workersCensus workers56,29747,9918,306
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.54%47.37%9.3%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,20638,6185,588
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months12,0919,3732,718
Non-workerspeople134,27853,31580,963

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 4802; 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 33,919 households and 190,575 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.35% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.92% and female literacy was 74.82%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 56,297 Census workers, 78.52% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3,315327
Agricultural labourers2,3111,983
Household industry workers2,4781,215
Other workers36,1028,566

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
Orai (NPP + OG)16500854190,575

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 187,137 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople187,13799,42687,711
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–621,21111,5059,706
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+135,72977,30258,427
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.8%87.92%74.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople49,31126,33822,973
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople945242
Total workersCensus workers55,22047,1048,116
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.51%47.38%9.25%
Main workersworked at least 6 months43,71538,1835,532
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months11,5058,9212,584
Non-workerspeople131,91752,32279,595

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 4803; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks