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Salar 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 22,894 people
Households 4,800 PCA households
Literacy rate 69.1% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.87% % 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 22,894 11,651 11,243 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,095 1,625 1,470 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,681 7,394 6,287 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 69.1% 73.75% 64.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,862 931 931 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6 3 3 Total workersCensus workers 8,211 6,442 1,769 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.87% 55.29% 15.73% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,318 5,378 940 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,893 1,064 829 Non-workerspeople 14,683 5,209 9,474
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 4,800 households and 22,894 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.52% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.75% for males and 64.33% for females. Of 8,211 workers, 76.95% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 200 39 Agricultural labourers 1,506 690 Household industry workers 802 395 Other workers 3,810 769
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 Salar (CT) 333 02246 22,894
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.