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Santoshpur 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 7,695 people
Households 1,576 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.67% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.4% % 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 7,695 3,879 3,816 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 896 444 452 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,757 3,025 2,732 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.67% 88.06% 81.21% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 520 257 263 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 2,801 2,296 505 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.4% 59.19% 13.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,466 2,061 405 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 335 235 100 Non-workerspeople 4,894 1,583 3,311
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 1,576 households and 7,695 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.64% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.06% for males and 81.21% for females. Of 2,801 workers, 88.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 4 1 Agricultural labourers 57 15 Household industry workers 1,034 232 Other workers 1,371 87
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 Santoshpur (CT) 341 02406 7,695
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.