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Kamgachhi 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 19,998 people
Households 4,862 PCA households
Literacy rate 75.08% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.04% % 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 19,998 10,285 9,713 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,062 1,089 973 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,467 7,381 6,086 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 75.08% 80.26% 69.63% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,613 4,431 4,182 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 144 67 77 Total workersCensus workers 7,008 5,938 1,070 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.04% 57.73% 11.02% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,061 5,372 689 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 947 566 381 Non-workerspeople 12,990 4,347 8,643
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 4,862 households and 19,998 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.31% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.26% for males and 69.63% for females. Of 7,008 workers, 86.49% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 343 16 Agricultural labourers 1,452 234 Household industry workers 578 201 Other workers 3,688 496
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 Kamgachhi (CT) 336 02312 19,998
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.