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Jhorhat 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 16,940 people
Households 4,298 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.49% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.4% % 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 16,940 8,655 8,285 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,444 756 688 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,713 7,316 6,397 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.49% 92.62% 84.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,029 2,067 1,962 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 115 53 62 Total workersCensus workers 6,335 5,106 1,229 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.4% 58.99% 14.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,618 4,704 914 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 717 402 315 Non-workerspeople 10,605 3,549 7,056
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 4,298 households and 16,940 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.52% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.62% for males and 84.2% for females. Of 6,335 workers, 88.68% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 5 11 Agricultural labourers 8 3 Household industry workers 199 97 Other workers 5,406 606
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 Jhorhat (CT) 341 02404 16,940
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.