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Census town · Census 2011 · code 343888

Chaulia 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.
Population6,186people
Households1,420PCA households
Literacy rate73.46%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.35%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,1863,1353,051
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6718382336
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,0172,2331,784
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.46%81.11%65.71%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople381189192
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,322646676
Total workersCensus workers2,1871,643544
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.35%52.41%17.83%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,5481,243305
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months639400239
Non-workerspeople3,9991,4922,507

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 12306; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,420 households and 6,186 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.61% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.11% for males and 65.71% for females.
  • Of 2,187 workers, 70.78% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators11343
Agricultural labourers198279
Household industry workers315
Other workers1,206312

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Chaulia (CT)344024676,186

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.