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Census town · Census 2011 · code 325665

Purbba Tajpur 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.
Population7,035people
Households1,566PCA households
Literacy rate85.74%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.54%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople7,0353,4873,548
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6710326384
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+5,4232,7812,642
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.74%87.98%83.5%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1095158
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers2,6412,175466
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.54%62.37%13.13%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,3531,965388
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months28821078
Non-workerspeople4,3941,3123,082

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11591; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,566 households and 7,035 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.09% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.98% for males and 83.5% for females.
  • Of 2,641 workers, 89.1% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators98
Agricultural labourers1516
Household industry workers968162
Other workers1,361102

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
Purbba Tajpur (CT)338023527,035

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.