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Kolaghat 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 25,191 people
Households 5,548 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.16% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.31% % 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 25,191 12,890 12,301 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,349 1,195 1,154 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,909 10,729 9,180 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.16% 91.74% 82.35% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,774 1,414 1,360 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 117 65 52 Total workersCensus workers 8,895 7,472 1,423 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.31% 57.97% 11.57% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,018 6,147 871 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,877 1,325 552 Non-workerspeople 16,296 5,418 10,878
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 5,548 households and 25,191 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.32% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.74% for males and 82.35% for females. Of 8,895 workers, 78.9% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 62 30 Agricultural labourers 263 153 Household industry workers 471 201 Other workers 6,222 1,493
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 Kolaghat (CT) 345 02471 25,191
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.