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Dafarpur 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 16,587 people
Households 3,252 PCA households
Literacy rate 64.01% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 48.88% % 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 16,587 8,470 8,117 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,504 1,292 1,212 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,014 4,911 4,103 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 64.01% 68.42% 59.42% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,986 1,541 1,445 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1 0 1 Total workersCensus workers 8,107 4,670 3,437 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 48.88% 55.14% 42.34% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,222 4,402 2,820 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 885 268 617 Non-workerspeople 8,480 3,800 4,680
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 3,252 households and 16,587 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 15.1% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 68.42% for males and 59.42% for females. Of 8,107 workers, 89.08% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 342 9 Agricultural labourers 334 50 Household industry workers 2,626 583 Other workers 3,920 243
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 Dafarpur (CT) 333 02227 16,587
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.