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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801684

Taherpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in West Bengal, using 2011 geography.

West Bengal · Census 2011Nadia district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population38,039people
Households9,419PCA households
Literacy rate86.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.69%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople38,03919,41018,629
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,2001,6801,520
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,16616,00314,163
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.59%90.26%82.78%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,4754,8954,580
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,197613584
Total workersCensus workers13,95711,5822,375
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.69%59.67%12.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,59710,7211,876
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,360861499
Non-workerspeople24,0827,82816,254

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11301; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 9,419 households and 38,039 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.41% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.26% for males and 82.78% for females.
  • Of 13,957 workers, 90.26% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,04642
Agricultural labourers1,558376
Household industry workers597109
Other workers9,396833

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Taherpur (NA + OG)3369999938,039

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 20,894 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople20,89410,64210,252
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,582827755
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+17,9809,3958,585
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.1%95.72%90.4%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,7241,4061,318
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople261511
Total workersCensus workers7,7076,3621,345
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.89%59.78%13.12%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,0305,9971,033
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months677365312
Non-workerspeople13,1874,2808,907

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11302; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks