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Census town · Census 2011 · code 313872

Jafrabad 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.
Population28,332people
Households4,763PCA households
Literacy rate64.55%% of people aged 7+
Work participation43.22%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople28,33214,25314,079
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7092,9152,794
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+14,6047,8706,734
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+64.55%69.41%59.67%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1457075
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople817
Total workersCensus workers12,2446,3235,921
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population43.22%44.36%42.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months10,1815,5294,652
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,0637941,269
Non-workerspeople16,0887,9308,158

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10766; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,763 households and 28,332 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 20.15% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 69.41% for males and 59.67% for females.
  • Of 12,244 workers, 83.15% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators16114
Agricultural labourers573214
Household industry workers6,4511,580
Other workers2,996255

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
Jafrabad (CT)3330222428,332

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.