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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801835

Bhadrak 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.
Population121,338people
Households23,183PCA households
Literacy rate79.95%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.75%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople121,33862,33559,003
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,5957,5177,078
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+85,33946,31439,025
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.95%84.49%75.16%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,0215,1434,878
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,5602,2702,290
Total workersCensus workers38,52432,9005,624
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.75%52.78%9.53%
Main workersworked at least 6 months31,49027,6023,888
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,0345,2981,736
Non-workerspeople82,81429,43553,379

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 14082; 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 23,183 households and 121,338 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.03% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 84.49% and female literacy was 75.16%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 38,524 Census workers, 81.74% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,156224
Agricultural labourers2,3191,353
Household industry workers1,553324
Other workers26,4625,133

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
Bhadrak (M + OG)37802914121,338

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 107,463 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople107,46355,09052,373
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,1386,7626,376
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+74,98340,59234,391
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.49%83.99%74.77%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,8634,0203,843
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,1481,5481,600
Total workersCensus workers33,93129,0384,893
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.57%52.71%9.34%
Main workersworked at least 6 months27,79324,4133,380
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,1384,6251,513
Non-workerspeople73,53226,05247,480

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 14083; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks