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Ranaghat 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 75,365 people
Households 17,863 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.19% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.41% % 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 75,365 37,948 37,417 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,022 2,623 2,399 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 65,555 33,573 31,982 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.19% 95.04% 91.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,841 5,023 4,818 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 433 231 202 Total workersCensus workers 26,687 22,520 4,167 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.41% 59.34% 11.14% Main workersworked at least 6 months 25,298 21,723 3,575 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,389 797 592 Non-workerspeople 48,678 15,428 33,250
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 17,863 households and 75,365 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 6.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.04% for males and 91.33% for females. Of 26,687 workers, 94.8% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 34 46 Agricultural labourers 30 43 Household industry workers 601 172 Other workers 24,633 1,128
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 Ranaghat (M) 336 99999 75,365
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.