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Town · Census 2011 · code 801317

Murliganj population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Bihar, 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 is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population28,691people
Households5,736PCA households
Literacy rate67.77%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.1%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople28,69115,00213,689
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8862,4592,427
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+16,1329,3516,781
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+67.77%74.55%60.21%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,9632,0261,937
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople502327
Total workersCensus workers8,3496,8701,479
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.1%45.79%10.8%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,1586,1131,045
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,191757434
Non-workerspeople20,3428,13212,210

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 6340; 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 5,736 households and 28,691 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 17.03% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 74.55% and female literacy was 60.21%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 8,349 Census workers, 85.73% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,01757
Agricultural labourers1,685447
Household industry workers40343
Other workers4,053644

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
Murliganj (NP)2130116428,691

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