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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802139

Chhatarpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Madhya Pradesh, 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.
Population142,128people
Households26,793PCA households
Literacy rate83.33%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.68%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople142,12875,07067,058
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–618,0849,6918,393
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+103,36657,63145,735
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.33%88.15%77.96%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople17,5309,3868,144
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople906479427
Total workersCensus workers45,03336,6568,377
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.68%48.83%12.49%
Main workersworked at least 6 months41,06934,1466,923
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,9642,5101,454
Non-workerspeople97,09538,41458,681

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 16228; 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 26,793 households and 142,128 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.72% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 88.15% and female literacy was 77.96%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 45,033 Census workers, 91.2% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,061129
Agricultural labourers1,094261
Household industry workers2,653585
Other workers36,2612,989

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
Chhatarpur (M + OG)42503429142,128

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 133,464 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople133,46470,50662,958
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,9119,0447,867
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+97,30554,22443,081
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.49%88.22%78.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople16,7448,9587,786
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople827444383
Total workersCensus workers42,48334,5907,893
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.83%49.06%12.54%
Main workersworked at least 6 months38,62332,1286,495
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,8602,4621,398
Non-workerspeople90,98135,91655,065

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16229; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks