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Kaliaganj 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 53,530 people
Households 12,347 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.95% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.36% % 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 53,530 27,321 26,209 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,105 2,564 2,541 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 41,622 22,225 19,397 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.95% 89.77% 81.95% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,760 6,584 6,176 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 418 218 200 Total workersCensus workers 19,461 15,905 3,556 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.36% 58.22% 13.57% Main workersworked at least 6 months 17,637 14,922 2,715 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,824 983 841 Non-workerspeople 34,069 11,416 22,653
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 12,347 households and 53,530 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.54% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.77% for males and 81.95% for females. Of 19,461 workers, 90.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 574 89 Agricultural labourers 519 150 Household industry workers 538 148 Other workers 16,006 1,437
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 Kaliaganj (M) 330 99999 53,530
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.