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Halisahar 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 124,939 people
Households 30,381 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.36% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.16% % 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 124,939 65,467 59,472 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,138 5,810 5,328 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 100,560 54,972 45,588 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.36% 92.15% 84.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 22,859 11,984 10,875 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 757 400 357 Total workersCensus workers 41,425 36,278 5,147 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.16% 55.41% 8.65% Main workersworked at least 6 months 35,610 32,031 3,579 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,815 4,247 1,568 Non-workerspeople 83,514 29,189 54,325
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 30,381 households and 124,939 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.91% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.15% for males and 84.2% for females. Of 41,425 workers, 85.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 49 46 Agricultural labourers 206 33 Household industry workers 567 334 Other workers 34,788 5,402
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 Halisahar (M) 337 99999 124,939
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.