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Census town · Census 2011 · code 313873

Kankuria 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.
Population36,925people
Households6,736PCA households
Literacy rate53.03%% of people aged 7+
Work participation44.81%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople36,92518,15718,768
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,4303,6723,758
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+15,6408,4317,209
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+53.03%58.21%48.03%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,828891937
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople764333
Total workersCensus workers16,5458,3928,153
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population44.81%46.22%43.44%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,1807,3755,805
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,3651,0172,348
Non-workerspeople20,3809,76510,615

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10767; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 6,736 households and 36,925 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 20.12% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 58.21% for males and 48.03% for females.
  • Of 16,545 workers, 79.66% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2289
Agricultural labourers658133
Household industry workers10,1152,867
Other workers2,179356

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
Kankuria (CT)3330222436,925

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.