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Jaygaon population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in West Bengal, using 2011 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.
Population 42,254 people
Households 8,243 PCA households
Literacy rate 69.59% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.7% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 42,254 21,668 20,586 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,506 2,901 2,605 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 25,574 13,900 11,674 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 69.59% 74.07% 64.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,785 2,441 2,344 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,669 1,846 1,823 Total workersCensus workers 14,240 11,334 2,906 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.7% 52.31% 14.12% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,141 10,222 1,919 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,099 1,112 987 Non-workerspeople 28,014 10,334 17,680
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 8,243 households and 42,254 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.03% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 74.07% for males and 64.92% for females. Of 14,240 workers, 85.26% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 30 27 Agricultural labourers 141 17 Household industry workers 102 150 Other workers 11,868 1,905
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Jaygaon (CT) 328 02171 42,254
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.