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Durgapur 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 566,517 people
Households 130,944 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.02% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.13% % 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 566,517 294,255 272,262 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 55,906 28,878 27,028 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 439,225 240,985 198,240 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.02% 90.81% 80.84% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 83,804 42,965 40,839 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 12,224 6,237 5,987 Total workersCensus workers 199,013 160,306 38,707 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.13% 54.48% 14.22% Main workersworked at least 6 months 152,499 130,536 21,963 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 46,514 29,770 16,744 Non-workerspeople 367,504 133,949 233,555
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 130,944 households and 566,517 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.87% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.81% for males and 80.84% for females. Of 199,013 workers, 76.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,354 886 Agricultural labourers 1,378 2,006 Household industry workers 2,658 1,853 Other workers 147,109 41,769
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 Durgapur (M Corp.) 335 99999 566,517
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.