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Asansol 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 563,917 people
Households 113,739 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.3% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.61% % 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 563,917 292,387 271,530 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 60,183 31,309 28,874 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 419,592 230,562 189,030 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.3% 88.31% 77.9% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 67,759 34,771 32,988 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 20,027 10,021 10,006 Total workersCensus workers 183,877 155,189 28,688 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.61% 53.08% 10.57% Main workersworked at least 6 months 148,721 131,122 17,599 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 35,156 24,067 11,089 Non-workerspeople 380,040 137,198 242,842
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 113,739 households and 563,917 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.67% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.31% for males and 77.9% for females. Of 183,877 workers, 80.88% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,794 1,085 Agricultural labourers 1,923 1,679 Household industry workers 3,345 2,107 Other workers 141,659 30,285
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 Asansol (M Corp.) 335 99999 563,917
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.