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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801949

Korba 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. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population365,253people
Households82,157PCA households
Literacy rate83.46%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.79%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople365,253189,772175,481
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–646,60424,05222,552
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+265,936150,029115,907
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.46%90.53%75.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople48,18224,75923,423
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople46,81023,72123,089
Total workersCensus workers119,75198,22921,522
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.79%51.76%12.26%
Main workersworked at least 6 months106,49489,77916,715
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,2578,4504,807
Non-workerspeople245,50291,543153,959

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 15464, 15476; 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 82,157 households and 365,253 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.76% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.53% and female literacy was 75.79%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 119,751 Census workers, 88.93% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,4881,206
Agricultural labourers2,3932,974
Household industry workers1,735532
Other workers99,8788,545

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
Korba (M Corp.) (Part)40403272140,573
Korba (M Corp. + OG) (Part)40403275224,680

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 363,390 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople363,390188,818174,572
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–646,43023,96522,465
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+264,297149,181115,116
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.38%90.49%75.68%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople48,07824,70923,369
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople46,71823,67323,045
Total workersCensus workers119,03797,62821,409
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.76%51.7%12.26%
Main workersworked at least 6 months105,78889,18216,606
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,2498,4464,803
Non-workerspeople244,35391,190153,163

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15464, 15477; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks