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Maheshtala 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 448,317 people
Households 101,453 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.03% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.37% % 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 448,317 229,693 218,624 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 46,247 23,510 22,737 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 329,813 176,135 153,678 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.03% 85.43% 78.45% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 54,645 27,765 26,880 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,934 976 958 Total workersCensus workers 163,035 136,233 26,802 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.37% 59.31% 12.26% Main workersworked at least 6 months 141,391 124,157 17,234 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 21,644 12,076 9,568 Non-workerspeople 285,282 93,460 191,822
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 101,453 households and 448,317 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.32% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.43% for males and 78.45% for females. Of 163,035 workers, 86.72% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 420 684 Agricultural labourers 441 218 Household industry workers 15,290 3,567 Other workers 125,240 17,175
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 Maheshtala (M) 343 99999 448,317
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.