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Jalpaiguri 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 107,341 people
Households 26,205 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.64% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.74% % 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 107,341 53,708 53,633 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,355 4,267 4,088 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 89,722 46,050 43,672 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.64% 93.14% 88.15% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 23,761 12,016 11,745 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 975 523 452 Total workersCensus workers 37,291 29,597 7,694 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.74% 55.11% 14.35% Main workersworked at least 6 months 35,072 28,275 6,797 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,219 1,322 897 Non-workerspeople 70,050 24,111 45,939
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 26,205 households and 107,341 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.78% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.14% for males and 88.15% for females. Of 37,291 workers, 94.05% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 120 154 Agricultural labourers 79 34 Household industry workers 276 75 Other workers 34,597 1,956
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 Jalpaiguri (M) 328 99999 107,341
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.