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Kamarhati 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 330,211 people
Households 70,107 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.67% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.74% % 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 330,211 170,293 159,918 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 25,350 13,078 12,272 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 267,267 141,864 125,403 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.67% 90.24% 84.93% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,108 6,313 5,795 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,307 1,792 1,515 Total workersCensus workers 108,115 89,434 18,681 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.74% 52.52% 11.68% Main workersworked at least 6 months 95,724 81,659 14,065 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 12,391 7,775 4,616 Non-workerspeople 222,096 80,859 141,237
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 70,107 households and 330,211 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.68% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.24% for males and 84.93% for females. Of 108,115 workers, 88.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 486 348 Agricultural labourers 568 273 Household industry workers 2,635 1,018 Other workers 92,035 10,752
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 Kamarhati (M) 337 99999 330,211
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.