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Kurseong 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 42,446 people
Households 6,616 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.73% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 23.24% % 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 42,446 21,423 21,023 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,607 1,930 1,677 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 36,405 18,623 17,782 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.73% 95.54% 91.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,731 1,345 1,386 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 8,125 4,066 4,059 Total workersCensus workers 9,863 6,938 2,925 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 23.24% 32.39% 13.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,698 6,292 2,406 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,165 646 519 Non-workerspeople 32,583 14,485 18,098
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 6,616 households and 42,446 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.5% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.54% for males and 91.92% for females. Of 9,863 workers, 88.19% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 11 14 Agricultural labourers 46 2 Household industry workers 171 59 Other workers 8,470 1,090
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 Kurseong (M) 327 99999 42,446
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.