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Matla 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 31,920 people
Households 7,177 PCA households
Literacy rate 78% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.7% % 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 31,920 16,248 15,672 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,564 1,860 1,704 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 22,118 12,258 9,860 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78% 85.2% 70.59% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 14,513 7,384 7,129 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 219 112 107 Total workersCensus workers 11,715 9,290 2,425 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.7% 57.18% 15.47% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,244 8,359 1,885 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,471 931 540 Non-workerspeople 20,205 6,958 13,247
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 7,177 households and 31,920 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.17% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.2% for males and 70.59% for females. Of 11,715 workers, 87.44% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 168 79 Agricultural labourers 699 151 Household industry workers 257 127 Other workers 9,120 1,114
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 Matla (CT) 343 02420 31,920
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.