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Shimulpur 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 20,803 people
Households 5,020 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.22% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.13% % 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 20,803 10,504 10,299 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,868 916 952 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,758 8,454 7,304 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.22% 88.17% 78.14% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 14,734 7,427 7,307 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 71 37 34 Total workersCensus workers 7,724 5,848 1,876 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.13% 55.67% 18.22% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,955 5,551 1,404 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 769 297 472 Non-workerspeople 13,079 4,656 8,423
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 5,020 households and 20,803 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.98% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.17% for males and 78.14% for females. Of 7,724 workers, 90.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 272 16 Agricultural labourers 496 53 Household industry workers 326 214 Other workers 5,861 486
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 Shimulpur (CT) 337 02318 20,803
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.