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Himachal Pradesh districts

Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur

3,81,956
people at the 2011 Census · 1.93 L male, 1.89 L female

Population

Population
3.82 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
6.58%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
84.59%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
91.16%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
77.97%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
13.19 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
981 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
900 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
10.98%India 13.59%
SC %
25.92%India 16.63%
ST %
2.80%India 8.63%
Household
4.75India 4.85

Work

Workers
53.90%India 39.80%
Female Work
49.86%India 25.52%
Main Workers
50.23%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
46.10%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Bilaspur in context

With 3,81,956 people at the 2011 Census, Bilaspur was the 563rd most populous of India's 640 districts and the 10th most populous of Himachal Pradesh's 12. That is 5.6% of everyone living in Himachal Pradesh at the time.

Literacy stood at 84.59%, 11.6 points above the national 72.98% — 1.8 points above the Himachal Pradesh average. That ranked it 78th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 13.2 points, 3.1 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 981 women per 1,000 men (9 above the Himachal Pradesh figure of 972). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 900, 18 below the national 918.

Female work participation was 49.9%, 5.0 points above the state figure.

Bilaspur contained 4 towns. The largest was Bilaspur (M Cl), with 13,654 people. That put 6.6% of the district in urban areas, 3.4 points below the Himachal Pradesh share of 10.0%.

Towns in Bilaspur

Bilaspur has 4 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Bilaspur by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Bilaspur (M Cl)13,65492.83%939 / 1000
Ghumarwin (M Cl)7,89991.35%892 / 1000
Talai (NP)2,37288.22%896 / 1000
Naina Devi (M Cl)1,20488.98%867 / 1000