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Egara 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 7,623 people
Households 1,597 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.2% % 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 7,623 3,918 3,705 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 813 422 391 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,262 3,004 2,258 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.27% 85.93% 68.14% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,626 2,349 2,277 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 350 174 176 Total workersCensus workers 2,683 2,220 463 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.2% 56.66% 12.5% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,120 1,911 209 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 563 309 254 Non-workerspeople 4,940 1,698 3,242
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 1,597 households and 7,623 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.67% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.93% for males and 68.14% for females. Of 2,683 workers, 79.02% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 36 10 Agricultural labourers 21 21 Household industry workers 20 61 Other workers 2,043 471
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 Egara (CT) 335 02271 7,623
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.