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Basantapur 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 13,183 people
Households 2,665 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.32% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.29% % 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 13,183 6,791 6,392 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,475 752 723 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,638 5,285 4,353 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.32% 87.51% 76.79% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,498 1,833 1,665 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 7 3 4 Total workersCensus workers 4,521 4,084 437 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.29% 60.14% 6.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,800 3,518 282 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 721 566 155 Non-workerspeople 8,662 2,707 5,955
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 2,665 households and 13,183 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.19% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.51% for males and 76.79% for females. Of 4,521 workers, 84.05% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 142 5 Agricultural labourers 446 286 Household industry workers 202 130 Other workers 3,010 300
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 Basantapur (CT) 341 02400 13,183
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.