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Town · Census 2011 · code 330799

Kantaranguri 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.
Population5,435people
Households1,131PCA households
Literacy rate89.56%% of people aged 7+
Work participation27.38%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople5,4352,7362,699
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6472229243
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,4452,3722,073
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.56%94.62%84.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople556275281
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1175463
Total workersCensus workers1,4881,226262
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.38%44.81%9.71%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,3831,139244
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1058718
Non-workerspeople3,9471,5102,437

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11754; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,131 households and 5,435 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.68% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.62% for males and 84.41% for females.
  • Of 1,488 workers, 92.94% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators61
Agricultural labourers20
Household industry workers191
Other workers1,356103

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
Kantaranguri (P) (CT)340023855,435

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.