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Chaltia 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 25,336 people
Households 6,184 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.06% % 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 25,336 12,803 12,533 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,159 1,098 1,061 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,865 10,365 9,500 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.71% 88.55% 82.81% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,539 2,784 2,755 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 304 152 152 Total workersCensus workers 9,136 7,316 1,820 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.06% 57.14% 14.52% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,769 6,487 1,282 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,367 829 538 Non-workerspeople 16,200 5,487 10,713
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 6,184 households and 25,336 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.52% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.55% for males and 82.81% for females. Of 9,136 workers, 85.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 163 26 Agricultural labourers 630 91 Household industry workers 285 86 Other workers 6,691 1,164
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 Chaltia (CT) 333 02241 25,336
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.