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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802367

Narsimhapur 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.
Population59,966people
Households12,960PCA households
Literacy rate89.69%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.71%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople59,96631,20928,757
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,1013,2412,860
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+48,31026,02722,283
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.69%93.06%86.04%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,3343,8123,522
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,5741,3281,246
Total workersCensus workers20,21416,1994,015
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.71%51.9%13.96%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,56015,0643,496
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,6541,135519
Non-workerspeople39,75215,01024,742

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 17252; 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 12,960 households and 59,966 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.17% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 93.06% and female literacy was 86.04%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 20,214 Census workers, 91.82% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators65217
Agricultural labourers757129
Household industry workers65877
Other workers16,4931,431

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
Narsimhapur (M + OG)4520363659,966

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 58,665 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople58,66530,54228,123
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,9953,1892,806
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+47,17225,42521,747
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.56%92.95%85.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,1603,7203,440
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,4231,2511,172
Total workersCensus workers19,82715,8953,932
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.8%52.04%13.98%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,19614,7753,421
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,6311,120511
Non-workerspeople38,83814,64724,191

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17253; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks