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Shilda 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 5,724 people
Households 1,257 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.37% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.02% % 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 5,724 2,861 2,863 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 540 264 276 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,218 2,302 1,916 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.37% 88.64% 74.06% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,508 748 760 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 260 131 129 Total workersCensus workers 2,119 1,588 531 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.02% 55.51% 18.55% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,447 1,246 201 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 672 342 330 Non-workerspeople 3,605 1,273 2,332
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 1,257 households and 5,724 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.43% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.64% for males and 74.06% for females. Of 2,119 workers, 68.29% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 68 34 Agricultural labourers 180 409 Household industry workers 27 22 Other workers 1,172 207
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 Shilda (CT) 344 02441 5,724
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.