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Kharia 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 61,661 people
Households 14,715 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.09% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.27% % 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 61,661 31,510 30,151 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,666 3,400 3,266 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 43,498 23,691 19,807 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.09% 84.28% 73.67% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 34,546 17,744 16,802 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 865 420 445 Total workersCensus workers 24,831 18,070 6,761 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.27% 57.35% 22.42% Main workersworked at least 6 months 20,727 16,505 4,222 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,104 1,565 2,539 Non-workerspeople 36,830 13,440 23,390
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 14,715 households and 61,661 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.81% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.28% for males and 73.67% for females. Of 24,831 workers, 83.47% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,104 420 Agricultural labourers 2,519 978 Household industry workers 273 83 Other workers 16,831 2,623
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 Kharia (P) (CT) 328 02178 61,661
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.