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Basirhat 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 125,254 people
Households 29,276 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.35% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.37% % 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 125,254 63,223 62,031 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,196 5,720 5,476 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 99,633 52,044 47,589 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.35% 90.51% 84.15% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 23,728 12,105 11,623 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 517 249 268 Total workersCensus workers 43,051 37,095 5,956 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.37% 58.67% 9.6% Main workersworked at least 6 months 40,064 35,217 4,847 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,987 1,878 1,109 Non-workerspeople 82,203 26,128 56,075
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 29,276 households and 125,254 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.94% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.51% for males and 84.15% for females. Of 43,051 workers, 93.06% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,032 79 Agricultural labourers 1,291 272 Household industry workers 1,552 355 Other workers 36,189 2,281
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 Basirhat (M) 337 99999 125,254
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.