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Islampur 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 54,340 people
Households 11,404 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.7% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.22% % 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 54,340 28,227 26,113 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,582 3,395 3,187 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 38,540 21,261 17,279 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.7% 85.62% 75.37% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,044 4,735 4,309 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 587 277 310 Total workersCensus workers 17,506 14,936 2,570 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.22% 52.91% 9.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 16,685 14,439 2,246 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 821 497 324 Non-workerspeople 36,834 13,291 23,543
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 11,404 households and 54,340 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.11% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.62% for males and 75.37% for females. Of 17,506 workers, 95.31% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 565 31 Agricultural labourers 743 86 Household industry workers 223 37 Other workers 15,154 667
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 Islampur (M) 330 99999 54,340
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.