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Raigachhi 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 8,245 people
Households 1,644 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.83% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.95% % 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 8,245 4,196 4,049 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,045 547 498 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,604 2,972 2,632 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.83% 81.45% 74.12% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 63 31 32 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6 3 3 Total workersCensus workers 2,469 2,256 213 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.95% 53.77% 5.26% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,302 2,138 164 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 167 118 49 Non-workerspeople 5,776 1,940 3,836
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 1,644 households and 8,245 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.67% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.45% for males and 74.12% for females. Of 2,469 workers, 93.24% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 6 2 Agricultural labourers 29 25 Household industry workers 66 8 Other workers 2,201 132
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 Raigachhi (CT) 337 02332 8,245
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.