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Raniganj 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 129,441 people
Households 25,478 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.65% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.63% % 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 129,441 67,578 61,863 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 15,721 8,213 7,508 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 88,299 49,674 38,625 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.65% 83.68% 71.06% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 19,843 10,080 9,763 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,189 1,568 1,621 Total workersCensus workers 40,940 35,792 5,148 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.63% 52.96% 8.32% Main workersworked at least 6 months 36,026 32,098 3,928 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,914 3,694 1,220 Non-workerspeople 88,501 31,786 56,715
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 25,478 households and 129,441 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.15% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.68% for males and 71.06% for females. Of 40,940 workers, 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 245 112 Agricultural labourers 197 85 Household industry workers 565 149 Other workers 35,019 4,568
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 Raniganj (M) 335 99999 129,441
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.