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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802227

Mahidpur 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.
Population34,362people
Households6,162PCA households
Literacy rate80.61%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.82%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople34,36217,57216,790
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,2712,7742,497
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+23,45013,04810,402
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.61%88.17%72.78%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,3611,7231,638
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople683434
Total workersCensus workers10,9339,2501,683
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.82%52.64%10.02%
Main workersworked at least 6 months10,0408,7711,269
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months893479414
Non-workerspeople23,4298,32215,107

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 16620; 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 6,162 households and 34,362 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 15.34% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 88.17% and female literacy was 72.78%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 10,933 Census workers, 91.83% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators43515
Agricultural labourers473150
Household industry workers45438
Other workers8,678690

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
Mahidpur (M + OG)4350351034,362

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 31,650 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople31,65016,18415,466
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8972,5732,324
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+21,49211,9749,518
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.33%87.97%72.42%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,0261,5551,471
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople372017
Total workersCensus workers10,1208,5551,565
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.97%52.86%10.12%
Main workersworked at least 6 months9,2628,0961,166
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months858459399
Non-workerspeople21,5307,62913,901

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16621; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks