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Silampur 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 12,664 people
Households 2,533 PCA households
Literacy rate 56.98% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.87% % 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 12,664 6,404 6,260 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,097 1,065 1,032 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,021 3,267 2,754 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 56.98% 61.19% 52.68% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 87 43 44 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 5,809 3,254 2,555 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.87% 50.81% 40.81% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,993 2,530 1,463 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,816 724 1,092 Non-workerspeople 6,855 3,150 3,705
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 2,533 households and 12,664 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 16.56% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 61.19% for males and 52.68% for females. Of 5,809 workers, 68.74% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 128 5 Agricultural labourers 289 154 Household industry workers 1,229 777 Other workers 2,347 880
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 Silampur (CT) 332 02220 12,664
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.