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Jhalda 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 9,384 people
Households 1,491 PCA households
Literacy rate 59.07% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 25.81% % 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 9,384 4,848 4,536 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,020 1,047 973 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,350 2,796 1,554 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 59.07% 73.56% 43.61% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 975 516 459 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 104 53 51 Total workersCensus workers 2,422 2,202 220 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 25.81% 45.42% 4.85% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,107 1,946 161 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 315 256 59 Non-workerspeople 6,962 2,646 4,316
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 1,491 households and 9,384 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 21.53% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.56% for males and 43.61% for females. Of 2,422 workers, 86.99% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 84 17 Agricultural labourers 45 41 Household industry workers 42 12 Other workers 1,936 245
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 Jhalda (P) (CT) 340 02390 9,384
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.