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Basai 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 8,772 people
Households 2,128 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.82% % 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 8,772 4,511 4,261 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 802 401 401 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 7,038 3,793 3,245 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.31% 92.29% 84.07% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,605 1,321 1,284 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 30 16 14 Total workersCensus workers 3,318 2,696 622 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.82% 59.77% 14.6% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,854 2,449 405 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 464 247 217 Non-workerspeople 5,454 1,815 3,639
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 2,128 households and 8,772 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.14% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.29% for males and 84.07% for females. Of 3,318 workers, 86.02% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 21 10 Agricultural labourers 35 10 Household industry workers 112 89 Other workers 2,686 355
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 Basai (CT) 338 02350 8,772
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.