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Koch Bihar 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 77,935 people
Households 18,431 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.2% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.16% % 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 77,935 39,014 38,921 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,917 2,997 2,920 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 66,404 34,054 32,350 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.2% 94.55% 89.86% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,518 5,260 5,258 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 408 219 189 Total workersCensus workers 27,399 21,627 5,772 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.16% 55.43% 14.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 24,460 20,031 4,429 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,939 1,596 1,343 Non-workerspeople 50,536 17,387 33,149
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 18,431 households and 77,935 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.59% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.55% for males and 89.86% for females. Of 27,399 workers, 89.27% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 117 130 Agricultural labourers 194 33 Household industry workers 427 105 Other workers 23,722 2,671
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 Koch Bihar (M) 329 99999 77,935
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.