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Census town · Census 2011 · code 306855

Kharibari population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in West Bengal, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and 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.
Population6,660people
Households1,493PCA households
Literacy rate79.16%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.25%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,6603,3893,271
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6811432379
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,6302,5082,122
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.16%84.82%73.37%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,4251,2191,206
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople964947
Total workersCensus workers2,1481,685463
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.25%49.72%14.15%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,8101,504306
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months338181157
Non-workerspeople4,5121,7042,808

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10434; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 1,493 households and 6,660 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.18% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 84.82% and female literacy was 73.37%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 2,148 Census workers, 84.26% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators949
Agricultural labourers267103
Household industry workers83
Other workers1,441223

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Kharibari (CT)327021656,660

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.