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Jorethang population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Sikkim, 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 9,009 people
Households 2,107 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.95% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.37% % 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 9,009 4,656 4,353 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 958 484 474 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 7,161 3,895 3,266 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.95% 93.36% 84.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 567 273 294 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,247 610 637 Total workersCensus workers 3,367 2,636 731 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.37% 56.62% 16.79% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,196 2,507 689 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 171 129 42 Non-workerspeople 5,642 2,020 3,622
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 2,107 households and 9,009 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.63% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.36% for males and 84.2% for females. Of 3,367 workers, 94.92% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 7 0 Agricultural labourers 10 4 Household industry workers 26 3 Other workers 3,153 164
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 Jorethang (NP) 243 01551 9,009
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.