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Mekliganj 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 9,127 people
Households 2,249 PCA households
Literacy rate 74.84% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.21% % 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 9,127 4,664 4,463 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,098 574 524 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,009 3,283 2,726 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 74.84% 80.27% 69.21% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,470 2,290 2,180 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 109 54 55 Total workersCensus workers 3,214 2,587 627 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.21% 55.47% 14.05% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,574 2,242 332 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 640 345 295 Non-workerspeople 5,913 2,077 3,836
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 2,249 households and 9,127 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.03% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.27% for males and 69.21% for females. Of 3,214 workers, 80.09% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 221 55 Agricultural labourers 252 247 Household industry workers 28 23 Other workers 2,073 315
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 Mekliganj (M) 329 99999 9,127
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.