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Kharagpur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Bihar, 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 31,385 people
Households 5,978 PCA households
Literacy rate 69.49% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.13% % 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 31,385 16,579 14,806 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,228 2,673 2,555 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 18,177 10,703 7,474 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 69.49% 76.97% 61.01% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,646 1,908 1,738 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 23 14 9 Total workersCensus workers 9,142 7,390 1,752 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.13% 44.57% 11.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,237 5,464 773 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,905 1,926 979 Non-workerspeople 22,243 9,189 13,054
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 5,978 households and 31,385 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 16.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 76.97% for males and 61.01% for females. Of 9,142 workers, 68.22% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 360 244 Agricultural labourers 1,455 1,506 Household industry workers 423 124 Other workers 3,999 1,031
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 (NP) 226 01360 31,385
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.