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Census town · Census 2011 · code 332810

Dafarpur 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.
Population5,461people
Households1,424PCA households
Literacy rate84.43%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.27%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople5,4612,6782,783
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6477242235
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,2082,1392,069
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.43%87.81%81.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople399197202
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople211
Total workersCensus workers1,9261,650276
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.27%61.61%9.92%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,6771,536141
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months249114135
Non-workerspeople3,5351,0282,507

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11846; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,424 households and 5,461 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.73% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.81% for males and 81.2% for females.
  • Of 1,926 workers, 87.07% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators495
Agricultural labourers3511
Household industry workers10651
Other workers1,487182

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
Dafarpur (CT)341024025,461

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.