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Basantia 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 5,455 people
Households 1,002 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.84% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.8% % 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 5,455 2,843 2,612 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 700 369 331 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,749 2,107 1,642 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.84% 85.17% 71.99% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 273 145 128 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1 0 1 Total workersCensus workers 1,844 1,557 287 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.8% 54.77% 10.99% Main workersworked at least 6 months 986 922 64 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 858 635 223 Non-workerspeople 3,611 1,286 2,325
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 1,002 households and 5,455 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.83% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.17% for males and 71.99% for females. Of 1,844 workers, 53.47% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 41 16 Agricultural labourers 227 193 Household industry workers 80 128 Other workers 638 521
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 Basantia (CT) 345 02489 5,455
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.