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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802366

Gadarwara 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.
Population47,604people
Households9,995PCA households
Literacy rate85.2%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.36%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople47,60424,90422,700
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,4272,9352,492
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+35,93619,79916,137
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.2%90.12%79.85%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,0023,6743,328
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,179610569
Total workersCensus workers15,88012,9172,963
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.36%51.87%13.05%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,65811,3552,303
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,2221,562660
Non-workerspeople31,72411,98719,737

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 17246; 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 9,995 households and 47,604 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.4% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.12% and female literacy was 79.85%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 15,880 Census workers, 86.01% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators52224
Agricultural labourers360322
Household industry workers1,308191
Other workers11,4681,685

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
Gadarwara (M + OG)4520363547,604

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 45,344 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople45,34423,71121,633
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1772,7982,379
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+34,21018,85715,353
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.17%90.17%79.74%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,8113,5703,241
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,096571525
Total workersCensus workers15,20412,3402,864
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.53%52.04%13.24%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,02310,7992,224
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1811,541640
Non-workerspeople30,14011,37118,769

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17247; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks