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Census town · Census 2011 · code 313836

Paranpara 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.
Population22,297people
Households3,946PCA households
Literacy rate53.24%% of people aged 7+
Work participation43.8%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople22,29711,18111,116
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,6252,3652,260
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+9,4085,1334,275
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+53.24%58.22%48.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople487254233
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers9,7654,9674,798
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population43.8%44.42%43.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,3613,9503,411
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,4041,0171,387
Non-workerspeople12,5326,2146,318

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10760; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,946 households and 22,297 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 20.74% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 58.22% for males and 48.27% for females.
  • Of 9,765 workers, 75.38% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators12410
Agricultural labourers779273
Household industry workers4,2171,555
Other workers2,241566

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
Paranpara (CT)3330222322,297

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.