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Harishpur 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 8,980 people
Households 1,867 PCA households
Literacy rate 71.57% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.09% % 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 8,980 4,744 4,236 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,137 600 537 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,613 3,326 2,287 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 71.57% 80.26% 61.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,191 1,673 1,518 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 657 323 334 Total workersCensus workers 2,612 2,296 316 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.09% 48.4% 7.46% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,167 1,944 223 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 445 352 93 Non-workerspeople 6,368 2,448 3,920
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 1,867 households and 8,980 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.26% for males and 61.83% for females. Of 2,612 workers, 82.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 5 10 Agricultural labourers 19 19 Household industry workers 86 43 Other workers 2,057 373
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 Harishpur (CT) 335 02272 8,980
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.