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Puruliya 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 121,067 people
Households 23,754 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.09% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.5% % 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 121,067 62,351 58,716 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 12,653 6,507 6,146 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 89,000 49,365 39,635 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.09% 88.4% 75.39% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 20,797 10,673 10,124 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,075 1,043 1,032 Total workersCensus workers 40,560 31,902 8,658 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.5% 51.17% 14.75% Main workersworked at least 6 months 33,182 27,585 5,597 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,378 4,317 3,061 Non-workerspeople 80,507 30,449 50,058
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 23,754 households and 121,067 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.4% for males and 75.39% for females. Of 40,560 workers, 81.81% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 253 193 Agricultural labourers 210 129 Household industry workers 763 322 Other workers 31,956 6,734
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 Puruliya (M) 340 99999 121,067
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.