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Giria 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 17,131 people
Households 2,858 PCA households
Literacy rate 64.08% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.42% % 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 17,131 8,805 8,326 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,136 1,608 1,528 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 8,968 4,961 4,007 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 64.08% 68.93% 58.94% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 243 126 117 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 7,781 4,322 3,459 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.42% 49.09% 41.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,054 3,698 2,356 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,727 624 1,103 Non-workerspeople 9,350 4,483 4,867
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 2,858 households and 17,131 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 18.31% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 68.93% for males and 58.94% for females. Of 7,781 workers, 77.8% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 165 6 Agricultural labourers 189 101 Household industry workers 2,402 1,062 Other workers 3,298 558
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 Giria (CT) 333 02228 17,131
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.