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Town · Census 2011 · code 801464

Kiphire population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Nagaland, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and geography.

Nagaland · Census 2011Kiphire 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.
Population16,487people
Households3,109PCA households
Literacy rate87.33%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.25%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople16,4878,5877,900
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,9241,4861,438
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,8456,4205,425
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.33%90.41%83.95%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople000
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople15,2987,8137,485
Total workersCensus workers4,6572,9511,706
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.25%34.37%21.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,5582,4841,074
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,099467632
Non-workerspeople11,8305,6366,194

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 8744; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 3,109 households and 16,487 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 17.74% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.41% and female literacy was 83.95%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 4,657 Census workers, 76.4% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators983380
Agricultural labourers75172
Household industry workers2180
Other workers2,479467

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
Kiphire (TC)2690183716,487

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