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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801654

Balurghat population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in West Bengal, using 2011 geography.

West Bengal · Census 2011Dakshin Dinajpur district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population153,279people
Households37,949PCA households
Literacy rate91.1%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.9%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople153,27976,73076,549
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,8235,4825,341
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+129,78066,67863,102
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.1%93.59%88.62%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,6717,9667,705
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,0441,4891,555
Total workersCensus workers58,09643,95514,141
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.9%57.29%18.47%
Main workersworked at least 6 months51,11340,18610,927
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,9833,7693,214
Non-workerspeople95,18332,77562,408

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10666; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 37,949 households and 153,279 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7.06% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.59% for males and 88.62% for females.
  • Of 58,096 workers, 87.98% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators260284
Agricultural labourers220253
Household industry workers1,129361
Other workers49,5046,085

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Balurghat (M + OG)33199999153,279

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 151,416 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople151,41675,79475,622
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–610,6775,3965,281
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+128,32865,91662,412
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.18%93.63%88.73%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,2047,7367,468
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,0081,4841,524
Total workersCensus workers57,34243,39913,943
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.87%57.26%18.44%
Main workersworked at least 6 months50,51439,71310,801
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,8283,6863,142
Non-workerspeople94,07432,39561,679

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10667; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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