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Census town · Census 2011 · code 307400

Jateshwar 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.
Population8,963people
Households2,066PCA households
Literacy rate83.92%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.15%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople8,9634,6334,330
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6929465464
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+6,7423,6513,091
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.92%87.6%79.95%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,0571,5901,467
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople422814
Total workersCensus workers3,2402,702538
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.15%58.32%12.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,8872,531356
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months353171182
Non-workerspeople5,7231,9313,792

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10502; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,066 households and 8,963 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.36% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.6% for males and 79.95% for females.
  • Of 3,240 workers, 89.1% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators24648
Agricultural labourers77181
Household industry workers10022
Other workers1,770202

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Jateshwar (CT)328021758,963

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.