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Barrackpur Cantonment 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 17,380 people
Households 3,525 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.47% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.86% % 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 17,380 8,872 8,508 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,447 714 733 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,096 7,566 6,530 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.47% 92.74% 83.99% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,244 1,178 1,066 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 170 67 103 Total workersCensus workers 5,711 4,726 985 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.86% 53.27% 11.58% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,094 4,299 795 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 617 427 190 Non-workerspeople 11,669 4,146 7,523
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 3,525 households and 17,380 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.33% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.74% for males and 83.99% for females. Of 5,711 workers, 89.2% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 9 4 Agricultural labourers 14 11 Household industry workers 130 37 Other workers 4,941 565
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 Barrackpur Cantonment (CB) 337 99999 17,380
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.