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Goasafat 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 6,597 people
Households 1,418 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.43% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.64% % 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 6,597 3,438 3,159 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 821 411 410 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,819 2,635 2,184 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.43% 87.05% 79.45% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 436 228 208 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1 1 0 Total workersCensus workers 2,021 1,868 153 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.64% 54.33% 4.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,540 1,461 79 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 481 407 74 Non-workerspeople 4,576 1,570 3,006
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 1,418 households and 6,597 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.05% for males and 79.45% for females. Of 2,021 workers, 76.2% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 55 10 Agricultural labourers 128 54 Household industry workers 3 1 Other workers 1,354 416
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 Goasafat (CT) 345 02476 6,597
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.