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Islampur 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 15,019 people
Households 3,611 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.23% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.35% % 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 15,019 7,655 7,364 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,559 793 766 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,664 5,548 5,116 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.23% 80.85% 77.54% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,044 527 517 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 84 38 46 Total workersCensus workers 5,459 4,393 1,066 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.35% 57.39% 14.48% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,600 3,893 707 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 859 500 359 Non-workerspeople 9,560 3,262 6,298
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 3,611 households and 15,019 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.38% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.85% for males and 77.54% for females. Of 5,459 workers, 84.26% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 295 17 Agricultural labourers 403 167 Household industry workers 452 131 Other workers 3,450 544
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 Islampur (CT) 333 02236 15,019
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.