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Kolkata 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 4,496,694 people
Households 1,024,928 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.93% % 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 4,496,694 2,356,766 2,139,928 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 339,323 175,564 163,759 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,588,137 1,926,915 1,661,222 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.31% 88.34% 84.06% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 241,932 128,053 113,879 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 10,684 5,729 4,955 Total workersCensus workers 1,795,740 1,412,466 383,274 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.93% 59.93% 17.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,576,419 1,294,266 282,153 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 219,321 118,200 101,121 Non-workerspeople 2,700,954 944,300 1,756,654
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 1,024,928 households and 4,496,694 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.55% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.34% for males and 84.06% for females. Of 1,795,740 workers, 87.79% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 7,413 8,626 Agricultural labourers 8,903 3,485 Household industry workers 53,463 14,975 Other workers 1,506,640 192,235
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 Kolkata (M Corp.) 342 99999 4,496,694
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.