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Mal 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 25,218 people
Households 5,933 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.68% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.16% % 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 25,218 12,814 12,404 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,267 1,161 1,106 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 20,354 10,747 9,607 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.68% 92.23% 85.03% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,261 1,127 1,134 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,745 869 876 Total workersCensus workers 9,876 7,575 2,301 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.16% 59.12% 18.55% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,856 7,088 1,768 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,020 487 533 Non-workerspeople 15,342 5,239 10,103
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 5,933 households and 25,218 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.99% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.23% for males and 85.03% for females. Of 9,876 workers, 89.67% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 31 53 Agricultural labourers 29 10 Household industry workers 167 41 Other workers 8,629 916
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 Mal (M) 328 99999 25,218
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.