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Census town · Census 2011 · code 313763

Krishnapur 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.
Population16,470people
Households3,323PCA households
Literacy rate49.72%% of people aged 7+
Work participation44.63%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople16,4708,3708,100
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,9311,4721,459
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+6,7323,8652,867
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+49.72%56.03%43.17%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,0501,5481,502
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,773917856
Total workersCensus workers7,3504,0373,313
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population44.63%48.23%40.9%
Main workersworked at least 6 months5,6533,3982,255
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,6976391,058
Non-workerspeople9,1204,3334,787

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10742; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,323 households and 16,470 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 17.8% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 56.03% for males and 43.17% for females.
  • Of 7,350 workers, 76.91% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators47412
Agricultural labourers1,081489
Household industry workers2,520901
Other workers1,578295

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
Krishnapur (CT)3320222216,470

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.