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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801684

Taherpur 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population38,039people
Households9,419PCA households
Literacy rate86.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.69%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople38,03919,41018,629
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,2001,6801,520
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,16616,00314,163
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.59%90.26%82.78%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,4754,8954,580
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,197613584
Total workersCensus workers13,95711,5822,375
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.69%59.67%12.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,59710,7211,876
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,360861499
Non-workerspeople24,0827,82816,254

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 11301; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 9,419 households and 38,039 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.41% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.26% and female literacy was 82.78%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 13,957 Census workers, 90.26% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,04642
Agricultural labourers1,558376
Household industry workers597109
Other workers9,396833

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
Taherpur (NA + OG)3369999938,039

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

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 20,894 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople20,89410,64210,252
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,582827755
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+17,9809,3958,585
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.1%95.72%90.4%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,7241,4061,318
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople261511
Total workersCensus workers7,7076,3621,345
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.89%59.78%13.12%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,0305,9971,033
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months677365312
Non-workerspeople13,1874,2808,907

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11302; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks