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Chandannagar 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 166,867 people
Households 41,347 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.66% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.08% % 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 166,867 84,009 82,858 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,826 6,048 5,778 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 139,005 72,020 66,985 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.66% 92.38% 86.9% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 19,262 9,900 9,362 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,188 597 591 Total workersCensus workers 60,208 49,144 11,064 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.08% 58.5% 13.35% Main workersworked at least 6 months 54,439 45,926 8,513 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,769 3,218 2,551 Non-workerspeople 106,659 34,865 71,794
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 41,347 households and 166,867 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.09% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.38% for males and 86.9% for females. Of 60,208 workers, 90.42% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 695 157 Agricultural labourers 711 134 Household industry workers 920 378 Other workers 52,113 5,100
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 Chandannagar (M Corp) 338 99999 166,867
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.