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Balichak 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 13,784 people
Households 3,350 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.39% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.33% % 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 13,784 6,735 7,049 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,261 644 617 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,944 5,617 5,327 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.39% 92.22% 82.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,707 808 899 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 627 300 327 Total workersCensus workers 5,145 3,852 1,293 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.33% 57.19% 18.34% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,250 3,326 924 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 895 526 369 Non-workerspeople 8,639 2,883 5,756
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 3,350 households and 13,784 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.15% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.22% for males and 82.82% for females. Of 5,145 workers, 82.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 283 38 Agricultural labourers 441 340 Household industry workers 115 54 Other workers 3,411 463
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 Balichak (CT) 344 02462 13,784
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.