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Darjiling 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 118,805 people
Households 21,782 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.85% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.38% % 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 118,805 59,187 59,618 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,410 3,808 3,602 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 104,539 53,389 51,150 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.85% 96.41% 91.31% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,126 4,455 4,671 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 26,597 12,992 13,605 Total workersCensus workers 40,849 29,201 11,648 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.38% 49.34% 19.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 35,851 26,204 9,647 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,998 2,997 2,001 Non-workerspeople 77,956 29,986 47,970
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 21,782 households and 118,805 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 6.24% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.41% for males and 91.31% for females. Of 40,849 workers, 87.76% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 140 136 Agricultural labourers 101 31 Household industry workers 183 47 Other workers 35,427 4,784
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 Darjiling (M) 327 99999 118,805
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.