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Baranagar 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 245,213 people
Households 63,387 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.41% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.44% % 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 245,213 126,187 119,026 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 16,825 8,649 8,176 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 208,779 110,118 98,661 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.41% 93.69% 89% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,723 6,615 6,108 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,383 713 670 Total workersCensus workers 91,805 75,139 16,666 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.44% 59.55% 14% Main workersworked at least 6 months 85,177 71,385 13,792 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,628 3,754 2,874 Non-workerspeople 153,408 51,048 102,360
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 63,387 households and 245,213 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 6.86% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.69% for males and 89% for females. Of 91,805 workers, 92.78% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 220 102 Agricultural labourers 342 75 Household industry workers 2,575 537 Other workers 82,040 5,914
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 Baranagar (M) 337 99999 245,213
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.