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Kalimpong 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 49,403 people
Households 10,113 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.19% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.92% % 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 49,403 25,100 24,303 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,741 1,924 1,817 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 41,184 21,736 19,448 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.19% 93.79% 86.49% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,231 2,565 2,666 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 10,230 4,883 5,347 Total workersCensus workers 16,759 12,815 3,944 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.92% 51.06% 16.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 15,008 11,688 3,320 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,751 1,127 624 Non-workerspeople 32,644 12,285 20,359
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 10,113 households and 49,403 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.57% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.79% for males and 86.49% for females. Of 16,759 workers, 89.55% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 130 48 Agricultural labourers 123 56 Household industry workers 405 77 Other workers 14,350 1,570
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 Kalimpong (M) 327 99999 49,403
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.