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Gairkata 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 7,577 people
Households 1,749 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.64% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.38% % 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 7,577 3,827 3,750 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 749 375 374 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,506 2,963 2,543 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.64% 85.83% 75.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,378 1,222 1,156 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,294 622 672 Total workersCensus workers 2,908 2,215 693 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.38% 57.88% 18.48% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,394 1,966 428 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 514 249 265 Non-workerspeople 4,669 1,612 3,057
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 1,749 households and 7,577 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.89% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.83% for males and 75.33% for females. Of 2,908 workers, 82.32% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 167 15 Agricultural labourers 278 128 Household industry workers 47 18 Other workers 1,902 353
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 Gairkata (CT) 328 02176 7,577
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.