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Census town · Census 2011 · code 323134

Jafarpur 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.
Population19,062people
Households4,983PCA households
Literacy rate93.77%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.36%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople19,0629,7249,338
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,361682679
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+16,5988,7007,898
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.77%96.22%91.21%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,5161,8441,672
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople523247276
Total workersCensus workers6,5495,630919
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.36%57.9%9.84%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,1515,367784
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months398263135
Non-workerspeople12,5134,0948,419

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11371; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,983 households and 19,062 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7.14% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.22% for males and 91.21% for females.
  • Of 6,549 workers, 93.92% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators526
Agricultural labourers345
Household industry workers22936
Other workers5,836351

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Jafarpur (CT)3370232419,062

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.