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Shankhanagar 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 8,601 people
Households 1,720 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.07% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.84% % 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 8,601 4,483 4,118 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,081 536 545 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,796 3,216 2,580 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.07% 81.48% 72.21% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 632 327 305 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 105 60 45 Total workersCensus workers 2,997 2,398 599 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.84% 53.49% 14.55% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,565 2,202 363 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 432 196 236 Non-workerspeople 5,604 2,085 3,519
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 1,720 households and 8,601 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.57% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.48% for males and 72.21% for females. Of 2,997 workers, 85.59% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 4 9 Agricultural labourers 26 3 Household industry workers 120 13 Other workers 2,415 407
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 Shankhanagar (CT) 338 02346 8,601
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.