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Mahira 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 4,188 people
Households 921 PCA households
Literacy rate 68.81% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.16% % 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 4,188 2,238 1,950 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 462 257 205 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 2,564 1,542 1,022 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 68.81% 77.84% 58.57% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 736 389 347 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 525 264 261 Total workersCensus workers 1,263 1,080 183 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.16% 48.26% 9.38% Main workersworked at least 6 months 760 688 72 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 503 392 111 Non-workerspeople 2,925 1,158 1,767
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 921 households and 4,188 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.03% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 77.84% for males and 58.57% for females. Of 1,263 workers, 60.17% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2 11 Agricultural labourers 8 81 Household industry workers 20 40 Other workers 730 371
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 Mahira (CT) 335 02272 4,188
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.