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Rishra 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 16,503 people
Households 4,093 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.88% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.08% % 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 16,503 8,492 8,011 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,411 725 686 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,414 7,136 6,278 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.88% 91.88% 85.71% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,451 1,257 1,194 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 514 250 264 Total workersCensus workers 6,615 5,150 1,465 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.08% 60.65% 18.29% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,890 4,741 1,149 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 725 409 316 Non-workerspeople 9,888 3,342 6,546
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 4,093 households and 16,503 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.55% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.88% for males and 85.71% for females. Of 6,615 workers, 89.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 12 9 Agricultural labourers 21 66 Household industry workers 275 79 Other workers 5,582 571
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 Rishra (CT) 338 02350 16,503
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.