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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802383

Dongar Parasia 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.
Population42,786people
Households9,099PCA households
Literacy rate82.58%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.46%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople42,78621,61821,168
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,6812,3842,297
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+31,46716,97414,493
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.58%88.25%76.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,3313,6563,675
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,4313,1673,264
Total workersCensus workers13,89010,8813,009
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.46%50.33%14.21%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,2779,8772,400
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,6131,004609
Non-workerspeople28,89610,73718,159

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 17339; 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 9,099 households and 42,786 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.94% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 88.25% and female literacy was 76.8%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 13,890 Census workers, 88.39% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators23124
Agricultural labourers120129
Household industry workers21460
Other workers11,7121,400

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
Dongar Parasia (M + OG)4550365242,786

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 39,374 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople39,37419,85819,516
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,3192,1982,121
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+29,21915,69513,524
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.35%88.87%77.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,7053,3473,358
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,8842,3852,499
Total workersCensus workers12,5419,9612,580
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.85%50.16%13.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,2239,0452,178
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,318916402
Non-workerspeople26,8339,89716,936

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 17340; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks