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Kharagpur Rly. Settlement 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 82,735 people
Households 18,989 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.57% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.45% % 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 82,735 41,388 41,347 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,256 3,695 3,561 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 61,571 32,764 28,807 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.57% 86.92% 76.24% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 11,790 5,836 5,954 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,595 795 800 Total workersCensus workers 27,676 21,693 5,983 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.45% 52.41% 14.47% Main workersworked at least 6 months 21,371 17,930 3,441 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,305 3,763 2,542 Non-workerspeople 55,059 19,695 35,364
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 18,989 households and 82,735 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.77% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.92% for males and 76.24% for females. Of 27,676 workers, 77.22% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 94 208 Agricultural labourers 185 106 Household industry workers 280 293 Other workers 20,812 5,698
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 Kharagpur Rly. Settlement (CT) 344 02460 82,735
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.