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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801687

Cooper's Camp 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.
Population23,119people
Households5,437PCA households
Literacy rate86.19%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.29%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople23,11911,67011,449
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,980984996
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+18,2209,7718,449
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.19%91.44%80.83%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,2997,7637,536
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1889890
Total workersCensus workers8,8536,7992,054
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.29%58.26%17.94%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,6986,2261,472
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,155573582
Non-workerspeople14,2664,8719,395

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 11305; 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 5,437 households and 23,119 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.56% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.44% and female literacy was 80.83%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 8,853 Census workers, 86.95% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators5515
Agricultural labourers20044
Household industry workers344177
Other workers7,099919

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
Cooper's Camp (NA + OG)3369999923,119

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 18,843 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople18,8439,5799,264
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,615813802
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+14,7498,0036,746
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.61%91.3%79.72%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,3606,8226,538
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1457867
Total workersCensus workers7,1705,4821,688
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.05%57.23%18.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,1454,9411,204
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,025541484
Non-workerspeople11,6734,0977,576

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 11306; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks