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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802299

Biaora 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.
Population49,093people
Households9,812PCA households
Literacy rate80.17%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.44%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople49,09325,25923,834
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,7933,5343,259
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+33,91019,03314,877
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.17%87.61%72.31%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,3744,2604,114
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople633321312
Total workersCensus workers15,92712,9722,955
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.44%51.36%12.4%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,30811,3671,941
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,6191,6051,014
Non-workerspeople33,16612,28720,879

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 16908; 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 9,812 households and 49,093 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 13.84% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.61% and female literacy was 72.31%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 15,927 Census workers, 83.56% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators41853
Agricultural labourers458434
Household industry workers466195
Other workers11,9661,937

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
Biaora (M + OG)4420356649,093

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 47,663 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople47,66324,49623,167
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,5883,4203,168
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,91218,47414,438
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.13%87.65%72.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,2764,2114,065
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople614311303
Total workersCensus workers15,43912,5932,846
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.39%51.41%12.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,86611,0081,858
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5731,585988
Non-workerspeople32,22411,90320,321

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 16909; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks