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Jhargram 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 61,712 people
Households 14,235 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.53% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.42% % 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 61,712 30,876 30,836 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,382 2,678 2,704 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 49,870 26,109 23,761 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.53% 92.59% 84.46% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,916 2,941 2,975 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6,077 2,975 3,102 Total workersCensus workers 21,857 16,530 5,327 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.42% 53.54% 17.28% Main workersworked at least 6 months 18,709 15,009 3,700 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,148 1,521 1,627 Non-workerspeople 39,855 14,346 25,509
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 14,235 households and 61,712 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.72% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.59% for males and 84.46% for females. Of 21,857 workers, 85.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 292 112 Agricultural labourers 660 250 Household industry workers 498 218 Other workers 17,259 2,568
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 Jhargram (M) 344 99999 61,712
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.