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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801693

Kanchrapara population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

West Bengal · Census 2011North Twenty Four Parganas 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.
Population129,576people
Households27,976PCA households
Literacy rate90.36%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.37%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople129,57665,43664,140
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,9475,1534,794
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+108,09256,78151,311
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.36%94.19%86.46%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople28,99614,65514,341
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,962997965
Total workersCensus workers41,94835,3536,595
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.37%54.03%10.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months37,59932,1585,441
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,3493,1951,154
Non-workerspeople87,62830,08357,545

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11462; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 27,976 households and 129,576 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7.68% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.19% for males and 86.46% for females.
  • Of 41,948 workers, 89.63% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3916
Agricultural labourers11543
Household industry workers650451
Other workers36,7953,839

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
Kanchrapara (M + OG)33799999129,576

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 120,345 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople120,34560,70759,638
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,2774,8104,467
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+100,02552,53447,491
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.06%93.98%86.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople27,40213,78613,616
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,820924896
Total workersCensus workers38,80332,7386,065
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.24%53.93%10.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months34,77029,7185,052
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,0333,0201,013
Non-workerspeople81,54227,96953,573

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11463; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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