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Town · Census 2011 · code 801709

New 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.
Population76,846people
Households19,307PCA households
Literacy rate93.99%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.81%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople76,84638,23938,607
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1572,6402,517
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+67,38434,20033,184
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.99%96.07%91.95%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople19,99010,1029,888
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople595309286
Total workersCensus workers28,29022,2396,051
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.81%58.16%15.67%
Main workersworked at least 6 months26,56121,3155,246
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,729924805
Non-workerspeople48,55616,00032,556

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11480; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 19,307 households and 76,846 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 6.71% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.07% for males and 91.95% for females.
  • Of 28,290 workers, 93.89% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2520
Agricultural labourers436
Household industry workers632108
Other workers25,8611,595

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
New Barrackpore (M)3379999976,846

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.