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Simla 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 15,988 people
Households 4,009 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.45% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.19% % 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 15,988 7,941 8,047 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,299 647 652 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,552 6,532 6,020 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.45% 89.55% 81.41% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,978 1,994 1,984 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 555 272 283 Total workersCensus workers 6,266 4,623 1,643 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.19% 58.22% 20.42% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,330 4,122 1,208 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 936 501 435 Non-workerspeople 9,722 3,318 6,404
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 4,009 households and 15,988 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.55% for males and 81.41% for females. Of 6,266 workers, 85.06% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 121 17 Agricultural labourers 169 16 Household industry workers 69 34 Other workers 4,971 869
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 Simla (CT) 338 02346 15,988
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.