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Jhalda 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 19,544 people
Households 3,676 PCA households
Literacy rate 76.78% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.9% % 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 19,544 10,050 9,494 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,474 1,248 1,226 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,106 7,525 5,581 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 76.78% 85.49% 67.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,611 2,799 2,812 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 94 44 50 Total workersCensus workers 5,844 5,131 713 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.9% 51.05% 7.51% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,946 4,462 484 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 898 669 229 Non-workerspeople 13,700 4,919 8,781
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 3,676 households and 19,544 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.49% for males and 67.5% for females. Of 5,844 workers, 84.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 79 22 Agricultural labourers 22 6 Household industry workers 152 43 Other workers 4,693 827
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 Jhalda (M) 340 99999 19,544
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.