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Dafahat 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 15,688 people
Households 3,014 PCA households
Literacy rate 59.04% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.39% % 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 15,688 7,817 7,871 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,185 1,604 1,581 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 7,382 3,998 3,384 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 59.04% 64.35% 53.8% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,050 549 501 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 14 9 5 Total workersCensus workers 7,120 3,739 3,381 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.39% 47.83% 42.96% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,180 3,261 1,919 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,940 478 1,462 Non-workerspeople 8,568 4,078 4,490
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 3,014 households and 15,688 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 20.3% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 64.35% for males and 53.8% for females. Of 7,120 workers, 72.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 51 3 Agricultural labourers 110 22 Household industry workers 3,463 1,635 Other workers 1,556 280
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 Dafahat(CT) 333 02226 15,688
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.