Population77,17,563Barddhaman

Males39,66,889

Females37,50,674

Workers29,11,251

Literate52,47,208

---

Population Overview

Total population77,17,563

Males39,66,889

Females37,50,674

Sex ratio945per 1,000 males

Households17,30,927

Literacy

Literate52,47,208

Literate males29,18,040

Literate females23,29,168

Literacy %68%

Illiterate24,70,355

Illiterate males10,48,849

Illiterate females14,21,506

Children (0–6 years)

Children 0–68,32,033

Boys 0–64,26,385

Girls 0–64,05,648

Child %10.8%

SC / ST

SC population21,15,719

SC males10,79,584

SC females10,36,135

SC %27.4%

ST population4,89,447

ST males2,43,581

ST females2,45,866

ST %6.3%

Workers — Total

Total workers29,11,251

Worker males22,93,083

Worker females6,18,168

Work participation %37.7%

Non-workers48,06,312

Non-worker males16,73,806

Non-worker females31,32,506

Workers — Main

Main workers21,66,742

Main males18,38,681

Main females3,28,061

Cultivators2,97,193

Cultivator males2,84,860

Cultivator females12,333

Agri labourers6,04,286

Agri labourer males4,76,956

Agri labourer females1,27,330

Household industry81,338

HH industry males51,662

HH industry females29,676

Other workers11,83,925

Other males10,25,203

Other females1,58,722

Workers — Marginal

Marginal workers7,44,509

Marginal males4,54,402

Marginal females2,90,107

Marg. cultivators44,973

Marg. agri labourers3,68,896

Marg. HH industry43,220

Marg. other2,87,420

Workers — Marginal (detail)

Marg. cultivator males34,253

Marg. cultivator females10,720

Marg. agri lab. males2,23,552

Marg. agri lab. females1,45,344

Marg. HH industry males13,137

Marg. HH industry females30,083

Marg. other males1,83,460

Marg. other females1,03,960

Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months

3–6 mo workers6,06,953

3–6 mo males3,76,654

3–6 mo females2,30,299

3–6 mo cultivators37,025

3–6 mo cult. males28,163

3–6 mo cult. females8,862

3–6 mo agri lab.2,95,426

3–6 mo agri lab. males1,85,194

3–6 mo agri lab. females1,10,232

3–6 mo HH industry33,243

3–6 mo HH ind. males10,453

3–6 mo HH ind. females22,790

3–6 mo other2,41,259

3–6 mo other males1,52,844

3–6 mo other females88,415

Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months

0–3 mo workers1,37,556

0–3 mo males77,748

0–3 mo females59,808

0–3 mo cultivators7,948

0–3 mo cult. males6,090

0–3 mo cult. females1,858

0–3 mo agri lab.73,470

0–3 mo agri lab. males38,358

0–3 mo agri lab. females35,112

0–3 mo HH industry9,977

0–3 mo HH ind. males2,684

0–3 mo HH ind. females7,293

0–3 mo other46,161

0–3 mo other males30,616

0–3 mo other females15,545