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Dankuni 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 94,936 people
Households 22,544 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.13% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.57% % 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 94,936 49,105 45,831 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 9,887 5,027 4,860 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 71,553 38,441 33,112 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.13% 87.21% 80.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,760 4,431 4,329 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 209 118 91 Total workersCensus workers 35,666 29,131 6,535 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.57% 59.32% 14.26% Main workersworked at least 6 months 30,422 26,464 3,958 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,244 2,667 2,577 Non-workerspeople 59,270 19,974 39,296
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 22,544 households and 94,936 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.41% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.21% for males and 80.82% for females. Of 35,666 workers, 85.3% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 150 119 Agricultural labourers 277 254 Household industry workers 691 263 Other workers 29,304 4,608
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 Dankuni (M) 338 99999 94,936
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.