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Singur 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 21,382 people
Households 5,212 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.46% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.64% % 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 21,382 10,825 10,557 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,646 837 809 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,458 9,199 8,259 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.46% 92.1% 84.73% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,682 1,326 1,356 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 360 168 192 Total workersCensus workers 7,834 6,565 1,269 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.64% 60.65% 12.02% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,951 5,994 957 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 883 571 312 Non-workerspeople 13,548 4,260 9,288
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 5,212 households and 21,382 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.1% for males and 84.73% for females. Of 7,834 workers, 88.73% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 337 42 Agricultural labourers 375 157 Household industry workers 269 65 Other workers 5,970 619
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 Singur (CT) 338 02349 21,382
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.