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Census town · Census 2011 · code 306489

Cart Road 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.
Population14,444people
Households3,231PCA households
Literacy rate89.65%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.44%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,4447,1167,328
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,085549536
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,9766,2735,703
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.65%95.52%83.97%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,1521,0311,121
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,3901,6771,713
Total workersCensus workers4,2533,1841,069
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.44%44.74%14.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,0202,270750
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,233914319
Non-workerspeople10,1913,9326,259

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10408; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,231 households and 14,444 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7.51% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.52% for males and 83.97% for females.
  • Of 4,253 workers, 71.01% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators615
Agricultural labourers1234
Household industry workers7246
Other workers2,9301,138

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Cart Road (CT)3270216114,444

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.