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North DumDum 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 249,142 people
Households 63,256 PCA households
Literacy rate 91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.14% % 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 249,142 126,279 122,863 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 18,411 9,415 8,996 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 209,964 108,863 101,101 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91% 93.15% 88.79% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 41,613 21,215 20,398 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,355 1,207 1,148 Total workersCensus workers 87,540 73,737 13,803 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.14% 58.39% 11.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 81,231 69,600 11,631 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,309 4,137 2,172 Non-workerspeople 161,602 52,542 109,060
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 63,256 households and 249,142 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.39% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.15% for males and 88.79% for females. Of 87,540 workers, 92.79% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 48 80 Agricultural labourers 283 82 Household industry workers 1,882 537 Other workers 79,018 5,610
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 North DumDum (M) 337 99999 249,142
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.