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Serampore 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 181,842 people
Households 42,258 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.73% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.72% % 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 181,842 93,694 88,148 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 14,316 7,321 6,995 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 148,641 79,268 69,373 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.73% 91.77% 85.48% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,672 2,387 2,285 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 460 247 213 Total workersCensus workers 64,959 53,356 11,603 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.72% 56.95% 13.16% Main workersworked at least 6 months 57,215 48,794 8,421 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,744 4,562 3,182 Non-workerspeople 116,883 40,338 76,545
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 42,258 households and 181,842 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.87% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.77% for males and 85.48% for females. Of 64,959 workers, 88.08% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 260 268 Agricultural labourers 207 89 Household industry workers 735 286 Other workers 56,013 7,101
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 Serampore (M) 338 99999 181,842
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.