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Town · Census 2011 · code 802753

Parbhani population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Maharashtra, 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 is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population307,170people
Households56,566PCA households
Literacy rate81.62%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.18%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople307,170156,520150,650
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–641,07921,47319,606
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+217,189117,59799,592
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.62%87.08%76%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople37,66718,82218,845
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,6321,8141,818
Total workersCensus workers92,70973,48919,220
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.18%46.95%12.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months81,48966,73214,757
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months11,2206,7574,463
Non-workerspeople214,46183,031131,430

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 19633; 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 56,566 households and 307,170 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 13.37% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.08% and female literacy was 76%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 92,709 Census workers, 87.9% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,676320
Agricultural labourers5,0381,181
Household industry workers2,170504
Other workers72,6059,215

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
Parbhani (M Cl)51304118307,170

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.