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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801721

Hugli-Chinsurah population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in West Bengal, using 2011 geography.

West Bengal · Census 2011Hugli district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population179,931people
Households45,005PCA households
Literacy rate91.04%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.34%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople179,93190,21789,714
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,6046,3546,250
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+152,33378,61773,716
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.04%93.74%88.32%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople26,15713,35312,804
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,306658648
Total workersCensus workers68,99453,38515,609
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.34%59.17%17.4%
Main workersworked at least 6 months61,73049,38012,350
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,2644,0053,259
Non-workerspeople110,93736,83274,105

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11616; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 45,005 households and 179,931 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 7% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.74% for males and 88.32% for females.
  • Of 68,994 workers, 89.47% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators141201
Agricultural labourers159267
Household industry workers1,592408
Other workers59,8386,388

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
Hugli-Chinsurah (M + OG)33899999179,931

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 177,259 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople177,25988,84488,415
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,2966,2076,089
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+150,28777,51872,769
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.1%93.81%88.39%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople26,09913,32512,774
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,302655647
Total workersCensus workers67,99752,55615,441
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.36%59.16%17.46%
Main workersworked at least 6 months60,84148,61612,225
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,1563,9403,216
Non-workerspeople109,26236,28872,974

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11617; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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