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Jamtara population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, 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 29,415 people
Households 5,743 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.79% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.69% % 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 29,415 15,372 14,043 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,661 1,920 1,741 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,580 12,076 9,504 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.79% 89.77% 77.26% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,034 2,040 1,994 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,162 600 562 Total workersCensus workers 9,027 7,796 1,231 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.69% 50.72% 8.77% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,669 6,697 972 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,358 1,099 259 Non-workerspeople 20,388 7,576 12,812
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 5,743 households and 29,415 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.77% for males and 77.26% for females. Of 9,027 workers, 84.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 102 181 Agricultural labourers 58 335 Household industry workers 146 47 Other workers 7,363 795
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 Jamtara (NP) 363 02678 29,415
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.