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Town · Census 2011 · code 801707

Barasat 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.

West Bengal · Census 2011North Twenty Four Parganas district
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.
Population278,435people
Households69,506PCA households
Literacy rate89.62%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.01%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople278,435140,822137,613
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–622,60511,51411,091
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+229,279119,254110,025
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.62%92.22%86.96%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople50,48225,72824,754
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,6721,8191,853
Total workersCensus workers97,46979,99017,479
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.01%56.8%12.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months90,39575,95214,443
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,0744,0383,036
Non-workerspeople180,96660,832120,134

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 11478; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 69,506 households and 278,435 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.12% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.22% and female literacy was 86.96%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 97,469 Census workers, 92.74% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators40888
Agricultural labourers775154
Household industry workers2,743815
Other workers86,4696,017

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.

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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
Barasat (M)33799999278,435

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