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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802342

Harda 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.
Population74,268people
Households14,744PCA households
Literacy rate87.47%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.58%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople74,26838,22436,044
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,1124,7694,343
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+56,99030,78426,206
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.47%92.02%82.67%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,5065,4365,070
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,8911,4271,464
Total workersCensus workers23,45319,4963,957
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.58%51%10.98%
Main workersworked at least 6 months20,24117,2582,983
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,2122,238974
Non-workerspeople50,81518,72832,087

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 17104; 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 14,744 households and 74,268 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.27% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.02% and female literacy was 82.67%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 23,453 Census workers, 86.3% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators80350
Agricultural labourers337115
Household industry workers1,874412
Other workers17,2272,635

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
Harda (M + OG)4480360874,268

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 68,162 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople68,16234,97033,192
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,2054,3013,904
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+52,77128,30124,470
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.01%92.28%83.55%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,7584,5114,247
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,3901,1671,223
Total workersCensus workers21,52917,9013,628
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.59%51.19%10.93%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,63415,8782,756
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,8952,023872
Non-workerspeople46,63317,06929,564

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17105; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks