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Krishnanagar 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 153,062 people
Households 38,052 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.36% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.86% % 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 153,062 77,146 75,916 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,490 5,992 5,498 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 127,927 65,879 62,048 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.36% 92.59% 88.11% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 27,074 13,880 13,194 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 931 454 477 Total workersCensus workers 54,881 44,627 10,254 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.86% 57.85% 13.51% Main workersworked at least 6 months 50,720 42,374 8,346 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,161 2,253 1,908 Non-workerspeople 98,181 32,519 65,662
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 38,052 households and 153,062 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.51% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.59% for males and 88.11% for females. Of 54,881 workers, 92.42% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 198 98 Agricultural labourers 216 48 Household industry workers 1,171 676 Other workers 49,135 3,339
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 Krishnanagar (M) 336 99999 153,062
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.