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Amta 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 16,699 people
Households 3,934 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.12% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.28% % 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 16,699 8,454 8,245 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,522 763 759 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,918 6,846 6,072 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.12% 89.01% 81.11% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,631 3,878 3,753 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 8 6 2 Total workersCensus workers 5,892 5,084 808 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.28% 60.14% 9.8% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,257 4,628 629 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 635 456 179 Non-workerspeople 10,807 3,370 7,437
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 3,934 households and 16,699 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.11% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.01% for males and 81.11% for females. Of 5,892 workers, 89.22% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 200 7 Agricultural labourers 515 143 Household industry workers 193 116 Other workers 4,349 369
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 Amta (CT) 341 02400 16,699
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.