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Mechiabasti 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 9,592 people
Households 1,937 PCA households
Literacy rate 65.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.96% % 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 9,592 4,898 4,694 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,315 663 652 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,407 3,075 2,332 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 65.33% 72.61% 57.69% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 887 457 430 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,009 1,525 1,484 Total workersCensus workers 3,353 2,597 756 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.96% 53.02% 16.11% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,541 2,087 454 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 812 510 302 Non-workerspeople 6,239 2,301 3,938
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 1,937 households and 9,592 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.71% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 72.61% for males and 57.69% for females. Of 3,353 workers, 75.78% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 40 31 Agricultural labourers 22 54 Household industry workers 11 12 Other workers 2,468 715
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 Mechiabasti (CT) 328 02171 9,592
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.