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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801492

Lilong population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Manipur, 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.
Population17,566people
Households3,777PCA households
Literacy rate87.95%% of people aged 7+
Work participation45.46%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople17,5668,5808,986
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,972999973
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+13,7157,1816,534
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.95%94.72%81.54%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1093277
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,252659593
Total workersCensus workers7,9854,3213,664
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population45.46%50.36%40.77%
Main workersworked at least 6 months5,5763,5212,055
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,4098001,609
Non-workerspeople9,5814,2595,322

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 8948; 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 3,777 households and 17,566 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.23% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.72% and female literacy was 81.54%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 7,985 Census workers, 69.83% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators366172
Agricultural labourers146283
Household industry workers7861,048
Other workers4,278906

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
Lilong (Imphal West) (NP + OG)2770188217,566

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 12,427 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople12,4276,0776,350
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,434730704
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+9,5465,0384,508
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.84%94.22%79.84%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople422
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople211
Total workersCensus workers5,9273,1362,791
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population47.69%51.6%43.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,0922,5811,511
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,8355551,280
Non-workerspeople6,5002,9413,559

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 8949; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks