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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801981

Kawardha 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.
Population46,657people
Households10,168PCA households
Literacy rate81.18%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.81%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople46,65723,68122,976
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,5513,4013,150
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,55917,87914,680
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.18%88.16%74.04%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,5063,2233,283
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,5521,7971,755
Total workersCensus workers15,77312,0563,717
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.81%50.91%16.18%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,73211,4723,260
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,041584457
Non-workerspeople30,88411,62519,259

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 15595; 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 10,168 households and 46,657 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 14.04% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 88.16% and female literacy was 74.04%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 15,773 Census workers, 93.4% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators68094
Agricultural labourers425268
Household industry workers29236
Other workers13,335643

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
Kawardha (M + OG)4070329846,657

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 44,205 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople44,20522,36921,836
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,1673,2012,966
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,88916,88814,001
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.21%88.11%74.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,1903,0643,126
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,4421,7161,726
Total workersCensus workers14,91611,4153,501
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.74%51.03%16.03%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,15411,0103,144
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months762405357
Non-workerspeople29,28910,95418,335

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15596; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks