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Rishra 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 124,577 people
Households 27,906 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.89% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.09% % 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 124,577 66,606 57,971 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 12,222 6,399 5,823 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 98,753 55,064 43,689 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.89% 91.46% 83.78% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,703 2,523 2,180 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 235 140 95 Total workersCensus workers 42,471 37,173 5,298 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.09% 55.81% 9.14% Main workersworked at least 6 months 38,349 34,930 3,419 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,122 2,243 1,879 Non-workerspeople 82,106 29,433 52,673
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 27,906 households and 124,577 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.81% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.46% for males and 83.78% for females. Of 42,471 workers, 90.29% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 94 160 Agricultural labourers 135 17 Household industry workers 362 345 Other workers 37,758 3,600
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 Rishra (M) 338 99999 124,577
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.