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Census town · Census 2011 · code 320193

Gangpur 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.
Population6,347people
Households1,514PCA households
Literacy rate82.89%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.36%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,3473,2633,084
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6580290290
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,7802,6782,102
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.89%90.08%75.23%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,897979918
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople321148173
Total workersCensus workers2,1811,825356
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.36%55.93%11.54%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,8021,559243
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months379266113
Non-workerspeople4,1661,4382,728

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11140; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,514 households and 6,347 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.14% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.08% for males and 75.23% for females.
  • Of 2,181 workers, 82.62% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators946
Agricultural labourers183141
Household industry workers4750
Other workers1,478182

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Gangpur (CT)335022906,347

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.