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Dakshin Khanda 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 8,449 people
Households 1,849 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.24% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.38% % 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 8,449 4,344 4,105 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 899 458 441 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,907 3,387 2,520 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.24% 87.16% 68.78% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,939 1,995 1,944 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 92 52 40 Total workersCensus workers 2,905 2,349 556 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.38% 54.07% 13.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,704 1,438 266 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,201 911 290 Non-workerspeople 5,544 1,995 3,549
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 1,849 households and 8,449 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.64% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.16% for males and 68.78% for females. Of 2,905 workers, 58.66% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 119 60 Agricultural labourers 132 156 Household industry workers 34 24 Other workers 1,419 961
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 Dakshin Khanda (CT) 335 02272 8,449
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.