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Arra 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 21,272 people
Households 4,161 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.23% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.51% % 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 21,272 11,135 10,137 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,063 1,067 996 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,604 8,901 6,703 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.23% 88.41% 73.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,634 1,881 1,753 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 105 56 49 Total workersCensus workers 6,064 5,278 786 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.51% 47.4% 7.75% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,016 4,497 519 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,048 781 267 Non-workerspeople 15,208 5,857 9,351
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 4,161 households and 21,272 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.41% for males and 73.33% for females. Of 6,064 workers, 82.72% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 52 28 Agricultural labourers 96 31 Household industry workers 55 16 Other workers 4,813 973
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 Arra (CT) 340 02382 21,272
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.