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Kharagpur 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 207,604 people
Households 44,618 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.76% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.05% % 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 207,604 106,559 101,045 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 19,007 9,680 9,327 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 161,741 87,221 74,520 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.76% 90.03% 81.25% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 19,164 9,497 9,667 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 7,694 3,782 3,912 Total workersCensus workers 68,612 54,252 14,360 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.05% 50.91% 14.21% Main workersworked at least 6 months 54,843 46,053 8,790 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 13,769 8,199 5,570 Non-workerspeople 138,992 52,307 86,685
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 44,618 households and 207,604 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.16% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.03% for males and 81.25% for females. Of 68,612 workers, 79.93% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 299 384 Agricultural labourers 719 685 Household industry workers 1,220 729 Other workers 52,605 11,971
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 Kharagpur (M) 344 99999 207,604
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.