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Shankara 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 11,171 people
Households 2,007 PCA households
Literacy rate 40.84% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 24.86% % 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 11,171 5,735 5,436 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,523 1,324 1,199 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,532 2,419 1,113 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 40.84% 54.84% 26.27% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,091 537 554 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 76 36 40 Total workersCensus workers 2,777 2,424 353 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 24.86% 42.27% 6.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,805 1,652 153 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 972 772 200 Non-workerspeople 8,394 3,311 5,083
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 2,007 households and 11,171 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 22.59% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 54.84% for males and 26.27% for females. Of 2,777 workers, 65% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 63 16 Agricultural labourers 22 105 Household industry workers 166 26 Other workers 1,554 825
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 Shankara (CT) 340 02380 11,171
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.