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Mahishrekha 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 2,017 people
Households 477 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.06% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.83% % 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 2,017 1,052 965 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 262 148 114 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 1,370 761 609 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.06% 84.18% 71.56% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 660 348 312 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 763 608 155 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.83% 57.79% 16.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 578 484 94 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 185 124 61 Non-workerspeople 1,254 444 810
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 477 households and 2,017 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.99% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.18% for males and 71.56% for females. Of 763 workers, 75.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 14 7 Agricultural labourers 68 57 Household industry workers 113 78 Other workers 383 43
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 Mahishrekha (CT) 341 02406 2,017
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.