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Simhat 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 6,945 people
Households 1,522 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.55% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.1% % 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 6,945 3,754 3,191 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 554 286 268 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,723 3,246 2,477 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.55% 93.6% 84.74% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,495 770 725 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 285 153 132 Total workersCensus workers 2,785 2,333 452 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.1% 62.15% 14.16% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,173 1,876 297 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 612 457 155 Non-workerspeople 4,160 1,421 2,739
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 1,522 households and 6,945 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.98% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.6% for males and 84.74% for females. Of 2,785 workers, 78.03% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 77 26 Agricultural labourers 308 169 Household industry workers 128 26 Other workers 1,660 391
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 Simhat (CT) 336 02315 6,945
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.