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Barddhaman 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 314,265 people
Households 71,618 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.95% % 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 314,265 159,936 154,329 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 24,587 12,628 11,959 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 255,824 135,186 120,638 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.31% 91.77% 84.74% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 34,817 17,850 16,967 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,453 1,707 1,746 Total workersCensus workers 119,255 91,716 27,539 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.95% 57.35% 17.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 100,353 81,595 18,758 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 18,902 10,121 8,781 Non-workerspeople 195,010 68,220 126,790
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 71,618 households and 314,265 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.82% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.77% for males and 84.74% for females. Of 119,255 workers, 84.15% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 547 482 Agricultural labourers 1,139 641 Household industry workers 2,879 1,151 Other workers 95,788 16,628
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 Barddhaman (M) 335 99999 314,265
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.