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Census town · Census 2011 · code 307255

Chechakhata 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.
Population7,613people
Households1,864PCA households
Literacy rate90.54%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.16%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople7,6133,8703,743
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6586298288
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+6,3623,3523,010
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.54%93.84%87.12%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,048528520
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople420301119
Total workersCensus workers2,7532,128625
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.16%54.99%16.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,4511,972479
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months302156146
Non-workerspeople4,8601,7423,118

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10489; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,864 households and 7,613 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7.7% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.84% for males and 87.12% for females.
  • Of 2,753 workers, 89.03% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators196
Agricultural labourers104
Household industry workers252
Other workers2,397290

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
Chechakhata (CT)328021737,613

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.