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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802167

Damoh 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.
Population139,561people
Households28,274PCA households
Literacy rate85.94%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.12%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople139,56172,86966,692
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,9728,9258,047
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+105,35958,19747,162
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.94%91.01%80.42%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople27,61014,53813,072
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,8861,4801,406
Total workersCensus workers49,00937,20011,809
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.12%51.05%17.71%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,50733,3839,124
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,5023,8172,685
Non-workerspeople90,55235,66954,883

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 16368; 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 28,274 households and 139,561 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.16% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.01% and female literacy was 80.42%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 49,009 Census workers, 86.73% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,333135
Agricultural labourers835227
Household industry workers3,9431,353
Other workers36,3964,787

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
Damoh (M + OG)42803458139,561

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 125,101 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople125,10165,29959,802
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,1667,9777,189
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+94,74452,23142,513
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.18%91.12%80.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,25312,79911,454
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,1111,0821,029
Total workersCensus workers44,05933,41810,641
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.22%51.18%17.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months38,45030,0588,392
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,6093,3602,249
Non-workerspeople81,04231,88149,161

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16369; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks