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Census town · Census 2011 · code 332768

Kamalapur 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.
Population3,348people
Households724PCA households
Literacy rate73.39%% of people aged 7+
Work participation44.44%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople3,3481,7061,642
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6379187192
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+2,1791,1731,006
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.39%77.22%69.38%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople422207215
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1697
Total workersCensus workers1,4881,087401
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population44.44%63.72%24.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,4021,047355
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months864046
Non-workerspeople1,8606191,241

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 11833; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 724 households and 3,348 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.32% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 77.22% and female literacy was 69.38%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 1,488 Census workers, 94.22% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators11714
Agricultural labourers754
Household industry workers32339
Other workers88729

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

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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
Kamalapur (CT)341024013,348

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