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Jamtara population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, 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 6,255 people
Households 1,122 PCA households
Literacy rate 73.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.68% % 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 6,255 3,249 3,006 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 949 505 444 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,906 2,263 1,643 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 73.61% 82.47% 64.13% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 373 188 185 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 49 25 24 Total workersCensus workers 2,044 1,555 489 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.68% 47.86% 16.27% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,634 1,377 257 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 410 178 232 Non-workerspeople 4,211 1,694 2,517
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 1,122 households and 6,255 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 15.17% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 82.47% for males and 64.13% for females. Of 2,044 workers, 79.94% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 152 98 Agricultural labourers 313 181 Household industry workers 100 12 Other workers 1,069 119
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 Jamtara (CT) 349 02543 6,255
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.