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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801813

Sambalpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Odisha, 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.
Population189,366people
Households42,791PCA households
Literacy rate85.41%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.74%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople189,36697,46091,906
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–620,39010,7889,602
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+144,31678,39965,917
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.41%90.45%80.09%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople29,65114,86614,785
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople18,1199,2058,914
Total workersCensus workers71,46755,15316,314
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.74%56.59%17.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months60,80149,15611,645
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months10,6665,9974,669
Non-workerspeople117,89942,30775,592

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 13676; 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 42,791 households and 189,366 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.77% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.45% and female literacy was 80.09%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 71,467 Census workers, 85.08% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators643193
Agricultural labourers909453
Household industry workers3,4481,227
Other workers55,8018,793

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
Sambalpur (M + OG)37202799189,366

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 184,000 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople184,00094,72289,278
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–619,75910,4469,313
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+140,47376,28264,191
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.53%90.51%80.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople28,57014,31814,252
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople17,3758,8218,554
Total workersCensus workers69,53053,64515,885
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.79%56.63%17.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months59,05447,75911,295
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months10,4765,8864,590
Non-workerspeople114,47041,07773,393

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13677; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks