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Banshra 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 5,703 people
Households 1,252 PCA households
Literacy rate 75.34% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.02% % 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 5,703 3,001 2,702 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 731 364 367 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,746 2,213 1,533 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 75.34% 83.92% 65.65% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,868 957 911 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 902 449 453 Total workersCensus workers 1,940 1,550 390 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.02% 51.65% 14.43% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,538 1,341 197 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 402 209 193 Non-workerspeople 3,763 1,451 2,312
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 1,252 households and 5,703 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.82% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.92% for males and 65.65% for females. Of 1,940 workers, 79.28% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 13 2 Agricultural labourers 11 41 Household industry workers 14 10 Other workers 1,500 349
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 Banshra (CT) 335 02271 5,703
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.