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Town · Census 2011 · code 323133

Babanpur 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.
Population8,942people
Households2,158PCA households
Literacy rate86.21%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.09%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople8,9424,5554,387
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6877434443
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+6,9533,7483,205
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.21%90.95%81.26%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,2722,6972,575
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople985246
Total workersCensus workers3,2272,634593
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.09%57.83%13.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,9672,501466
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months260133127
Non-workerspeople5,7151,9213,794

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11370; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,158 households and 8,942 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.81% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.95% for males and 81.26% for females.
  • Of 3,227 workers, 91.94% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators42
Agricultural labourers293
Household industry workers37770
Other workers2,557185

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
Babanpur (P) (CT)337023248,942

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.