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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802200

Neemuch 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.
Population128,561people
Households25,650PCA households
Literacy rate84.58%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.58%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople128,56167,89060,671
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,2707,9607,310
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+95,82754,01641,811
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.58%90.13%78.35%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople19,48410,0659,419
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,9482,1221,826
Total workersCensus workers47,02237,9009,122
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.58%55.83%15.04%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,15536,4817,674
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,8671,4191,448
Non-workerspeople81,53929,99051,549

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 16516; 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 25,650 households and 128,561 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.88% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.13% and female literacy was 78.35%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 47,022 Census workers, 93.9% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,32292
Agricultural labourers859512
Household industry workers1,252129
Other workers40,7222,134

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
Neemuch (M + OG)43203489128,561

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 128,095 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople128,09567,64660,449
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,2077,9337,274
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+95,46353,80541,658
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.56%90.11%78.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople19,40310,0219,382
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,9172,1081,809
Total workersCensus workers46,85537,7629,093
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.58%55.82%15.04%
Main workersworked at least 6 months43,99036,3457,645
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,8651,4171,448
Non-workerspeople81,24029,88451,356

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16517; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks