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Medinipur 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 169,264 people
Households 37,392 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.99% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.45% % 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 169,264 84,977 84,287 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 15,172 7,644 7,528 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 137,133 71,547 65,586 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.99% 92.52% 85.44% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,912 6,484 6,428 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 4,603 2,296 2,307 Total workersCensus workers 60,008 47,197 12,811 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.45% 55.54% 15.2% Main workersworked at least 6 months 52,745 42,836 9,909 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,263 4,361 2,902 Non-workerspeople 109,256 37,780 71,476
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 37,392 households and 169,264 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.96% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.52% for males and 85.44% for females. Of 60,008 workers, 87.9% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 286 208 Agricultural labourers 293 200 Household industry workers 1,088 351 Other workers 51,078 6,504
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 Medinipur (M) 344 99999 169,264
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.