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Kandi 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 55,632 people
Households 12,237 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.05% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.62% % 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 55,632 28,442 27,190 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,889 3,026 2,863 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 40,816 22,014 18,802 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.05% 86.61% 77.29% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,212 5,159 5,053 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 92 43 49 Total workersCensus workers 17,590 15,418 2,172 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.62% 54.21% 7.99% Main workersworked at least 6 months 15,429 13,806 1,623 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,161 1,612 549 Non-workerspeople 38,042 13,024 25,018
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 12,237 households and 55,632 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.59% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.61% for males and 77.29% for females. Of 17,590 workers, 87.71% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,170 96 Agricultural labourers 837 492 Household industry workers 465 90 Other workers 12,957 1,483
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 Kandi (M) 333 99999 55,632
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.