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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801819

Raurkela 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.
Population320,040people
Households72,336PCA households
Literacy rate86.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.44%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople320,040169,095150,945
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–635,48918,74716,742
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+246,402136,794109,608
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.59%90.98%81.67%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,33712,57011,767
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople49,41325,02524,388
Total workersCensus workers107,03689,47117,565
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.44%52.91%11.64%
Main workersworked at least 6 months98,74984,18414,565
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,2875,2873,000
Non-workerspeople213,00479,624133,380

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 13796; 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 72,336 households and 320,040 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.09% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.98% and female literacy was 81.67%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 107,036 Census workers, 92.26% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators701296
Agricultural labourers560171
Household industry workers2,920520
Other workers94,5687,300

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
Raurkela (M + OG)37402832320,040

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 272,721 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople272,721144,466128,255
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–629,93315,79914,134
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+211,189117,32093,869
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.98%91.18%82.25%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople21,78311,28810,495
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople33,27716,91216,365
Total workersCensus workers90,66676,41414,252
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.24%52.89%11.11%
Main workersworked at least 6 months84,02872,06111,967
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,6384,3532,285
Non-workerspeople182,05568,052114,003

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 13797; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks