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Buita 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 16,764 people
Households 3,924 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.3% % 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 16,764 8,486 8,278 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,983 981 1,002 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,422 6,158 5,264 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.27% 82.05% 72.35% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,395 3,301 3,094 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 11 6 5 Total workersCensus workers 6,086 4,905 1,181 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.3% 57.8% 14.27% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,909 3,492 417 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,177 1,413 764 Non-workerspeople 10,678 3,581 7,097
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 3,924 households and 16,764 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.83% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 82.05% for males and 72.35% for females. Of 6,086 workers, 64.23% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 217 63 Agricultural labourers 997 594 Household industry workers 242 568 Other workers 2,453 952
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 Buita (CT) 343 02413 16,764
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.