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Ghatal 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 54,591 people
Households 11,303 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.48% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.2% % 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 54,591 27,882 26,709 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,399 2,785 2,614 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 44,016 23,626 20,390 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.48% 94.14% 84.62% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,269 4,191 4,078 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 188 95 93 Total workersCensus workers 19,764 17,119 2,645 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.2% 61.4% 9.9% Main workersworked at least 6 months 17,935 16,208 1,727 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,829 911 918 Non-workerspeople 34,827 10,763 24,064
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 11,303 households and 54,591 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.89% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.14% for males and 84.62% for females. Of 19,764 workers, 90.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,876 358 Agricultural labourers 1,092 361 Household industry workers 351 179 Other workers 14,616 931
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 Ghatal (M) 344 99999 54,591
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.