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Barasat 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 278,435 people
Households 69,506 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.62% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.01% % 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 278,435 140,822 137,613 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 22,605 11,514 11,091 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 229,279 119,254 110,025 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.62% 92.22% 86.96% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 50,482 25,728 24,754 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,672 1,819 1,853 Total workersCensus workers 97,469 79,990 17,479 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.01% 56.8% 12.7% Main workersworked at least 6 months 90,395 75,952 14,443 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,074 4,038 3,036 Non-workerspeople 180,966 60,832 120,134
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 69,506 households and 278,435 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.22% for males and 86.96% for females. Of 97,469 workers, 92.74% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 408 88 Agricultural labourers 775 154 Household industry workers 2,743 815 Other workers 86,469 6,017
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 Barasat (M) 337 99999 278,435
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.