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Sonamukhi 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 29,085 people
Households 6,379 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.25% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.11% % 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 29,085 14,988 14,097 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,387 1,216 1,171 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 23,028 12,700 10,328 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.25% 92.22% 79.9% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,736 3,426 3,310 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 453 310 143 Total workersCensus workers 11,084 8,559 2,525 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.11% 57.11% 17.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,877 7,945 1,932 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,207 614 593 Non-workerspeople 18,001 6,429 11,572
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 6,379 households and 29,085 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.21% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.22% for males and 79.9% for females. Of 11,084 workers, 89.11% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 140 28 Agricultural labourers 552 214 Household industry workers 985 210 Other workers 8,200 755
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 Sonamukhi (M) 339 99999 29,085
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.