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Kanksa 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 23,789 people
Households 5,076 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.82% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.68% % 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 23,789 12,406 11,383 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,577 1,343 1,234 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,992 10,014 7,978 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.82% 90.52% 78.61% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,881 1,985 1,896 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,052 532 520 Total workersCensus workers 8,726 6,861 1,865 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.68% 55.3% 16.38% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,951 5,780 1,171 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,775 1,081 694 Non-workerspeople 15,063 5,545 9,518
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 5,076 households and 23,789 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.83% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.52% for males and 78.61% for females. Of 8,726 workers, 79.66% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 81 32 Agricultural labourers 371 592 Household industry workers 308 91 Other workers 6,191 1,060
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 Kanksa (CT) 335 02275 23,789
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.