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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801927

Ambikapur population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Chhattisgarh, 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.
Population121,071people
Households24,080PCA households
Literacy rate87.83%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.73%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople121,07162,77658,295
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,6297,7756,854
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+93,48950,90942,580
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.83%92.56%82.77%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,3842,8382,546
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople23,91211,89912,013
Total workersCensus workers37,20830,1787,030
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.73%48.07%12.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months34,43628,1626,274
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,7722,016756
Non-workerspeople83,86332,59851,265

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 15354; 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 24,080 households and 121,071 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.08% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.56% and female literacy was 82.77%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 37,208 Census workers, 92.55% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators804174
Agricultural labourers527282
Household industry workers485106
Other workers32,6202,210

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
Ambikapur (M Corp. + OG)40103247121,071

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 112,449 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople112,44958,33254,117
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,4017,1406,261
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+87,44647,52739,919
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.29%92.84%83.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,8492,5702,279
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople22,52011,21111,309
Total workersCensus workers34,64728,0196,628
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.81%48.03%12.25%
Main workersworked at least 6 months32,27826,2845,994
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3691,735634
Non-workerspeople77,80230,31347,489

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15355; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks