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Petua 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 9,596 people
Households 2,206 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.35% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.73% % 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 9,596 4,896 4,700 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 936 478 458 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,785 3,731 3,054 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.35% 84.45% 71.99% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,366 2,230 2,136 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 20 10 10 Total workersCensus workers 3,621 2,953 668 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.73% 60.31% 14.21% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,992 2,543 449 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 629 410 219 Non-workerspeople 5,975 1,943 4,032
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 2,206 households and 9,596 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.75% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.45% for males and 71.99% for females. Of 3,621 workers, 82.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 64 33 Agricultural labourers 135 107 Household industry workers 61 84 Other workers 2,732 405
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 Petua (CT) 343 02422 9,596
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.