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Chittaranjan 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 39,098 people
Households 9,461 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.49% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.63% % 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 39,098 20,089 19,009 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,769 1,476 1,293 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 33,601 17,884 15,717 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.49% 96.08% 88.72% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,500 3,840 3,660 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,792 906 886 Total workersCensus workers 11,583 10,079 1,504 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.63% 50.17% 7.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,870 9,638 1,232 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 713 441 272 Non-workerspeople 27,515 10,010 17,505
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 9,461 households and 39,098 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.08% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.08% for males and 88.72% for females. Of 11,583 workers, 93.84% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 22 172 Agricultural labourers 22 19 Household industry workers 70 42 Other workers 10,756 480
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 Chittaranjan (CT) 335 02268 39,098
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.