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Basanti 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 6,625 people
Households 1,523 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.19% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.76% % 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 6,625 3,447 3,178 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 728 380 348 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,729 2,626 2,103 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.19% 85.62% 74.31% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,274 621 653 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 97 54 43 Total workersCensus workers 2,568 1,847 721 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.76% 53.58% 22.69% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,917 1,576 341 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 651 271 380 Non-workerspeople 4,057 1,600 2,457
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 1,523 households and 6,625 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.99% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.62% for males and 74.31% for females. Of 2,568 workers, 74.65% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 158 9 Agricultural labourers 149 25 Household industry workers 66 81 Other workers 1,544 536
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 Basanti (CT) 343 02434 6,625
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.