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Census town · Census 2011 · code 309202

Hanskunda 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.
Population5,939people
Households1,115PCA households
Literacy rate64.85%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.47%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople5,9393,0652,874
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6975526449
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,2191,8031,416
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+64.85%71.01%58.39%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople297146151
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1627389
Total workersCensus workers1,7501,500250
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.47%48.94%8.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,3761,258118
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months374242132
Non-workerspeople4,1891,5652,624

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10601; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,115 households and 5,939 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 16.42% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 71.01% for males and 58.39% for females.
  • Of 1,750 workers, 78.63% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators18716
Agricultural labourers147152
Household industry workers87
Other workers1,034199

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
Hanskunda (CT)330021935,939

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.