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Barrackpore 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 152,783 people
Households 37,312 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.76% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.61% % 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 152,783 78,349 74,434 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,786 6,086 5,700 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 125,144 66,214 58,930 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.76% 91.63% 85.74% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,684 5,620 5,064 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,243 1,163 1,080 Total workersCensus workers 52,874 44,002 8,872 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.61% 56.16% 11.92% Main workersworked at least 6 months 48,402 40,969 7,433 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,472 3,033 1,439 Non-workerspeople 99,909 34,347 65,562
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 37,312 households and 152,783 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.71% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.63% for males and 85.74% for females. Of 52,874 workers, 91.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 109 35 Agricultural labourers 108 50 Household industry workers 1,160 344 Other workers 47,025 4,043
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 Barrackpore (M) 337 99999 152,783
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.