Census Data Center · India 2011

Migration — WEST BENGAL

Workers by distance to workplace and mode of transport

Population9,12,76,115
Sex ratio950
Literacy76.3%
Total workers3,47,56,355WEST BENGAL
Main workers2,56,86,630
Population9,12,76,115
Males4,68,09,027
Females4,44,67,088

Workers — Total

Total workers3,47,56,355
Worker males2,67,16,047
Worker females80,40,308
Work participation %38.1%
Non-workers5,65,19,760
Non-worker males2,00,92,980
Non-worker females3,64,26,780

Workers — Main

Main workers2,56,86,630
Main males2,16,78,279
Main females40,08,351
Cultivators42,03,767
Cultivator males39,40,399
Cultivator females2,63,368
Agri labourers58,69,498
Agri labourer males49,43,086
Agri labourer females9,26,412
Household industry15,18,128
HH industry males8,69,039
HH industry females6,49,089
Other workers1,40,95,237
Other males1,19,25,755
Other females21,69,482

Population Overview

Total population9,12,76,115
Males4,68,09,027
Females4,44,67,088
Sex ratio950per 1,000 males
Households2,03,80,315

Children (0–6 years)

Children 0–61,05,81,466
Boys 0–654,10,396
Girls 0–651,71,070
Child %11.6%

SC / ST

SC population2,14,63,270
SC males1,10,03,304
SC females1,04,59,966
SC %23.5%
ST population52,96,953
ST males26,49,974
ST females26,46,979
ST %5.8%

Literacy

Literate6,15,38,281
Literate males3,38,18,810
Literate females2,77,19,471
Literacy %67.4%
Illiterate2,97,37,834
Illiterate males1,29,90,217
Illiterate females1,67,47,617

Workers — Marginal

Marginal workers90,69,725
Marginal males50,37,768
Marginal females40,31,957
Marg. cultivators9,12,921
Marg. agri labourers43,19,344
Marg. HH industry9,45,996
Marg. other28,91,464

Workers — Marginal (detail)

Marg. cultivator males5,59,642
Marg. cultivator females3,53,279
Marg. agri lab. males25,09,728
Marg. agri lab. females18,09,616
Marg. HH industry males2,45,644
Marg. HH industry females7,00,352
Marg. other males17,22,754
Marg. other females11,68,710

Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months

3–6 mo workers70,48,294
3–6 mo males40,15,867
3–6 mo females30,32,427
3–6 mo cultivators6,98,206
3–6 mo cult. males4,40,464
3–6 mo cult. females2,57,742
3–6 mo agri lab.33,00,617
3–6 mo agri lab. males19,82,485
3–6 mo agri lab. females13,18,132
3–6 mo HH industry7,14,472
3–6 mo HH ind. males1,90,430
3–6 mo HH ind. females5,24,042
3–6 mo other23,34,999
3–6 mo other males14,02,488
3–6 mo other females9,32,511

Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months

0–3 mo workers20,21,431
0–3 mo males10,21,901
0–3 mo females9,99,530
0–3 mo cultivators2,14,715
0–3 mo cult. males1,19,178
0–3 mo cult. females95,537
0–3 mo agri lab.10,18,727
0–3 mo agri lab. males5,27,243
0–3 mo agri lab. females4,91,484
0–3 mo HH industry2,31,524
0–3 mo HH ind. males55,214
0–3 mo HH ind. females1,76,310
0–3 mo other5,56,465
0–3 mo other males3,20,266
0–3 mo other females2,36,199
Top districts by total workers

districts comparison

19 districts

districts-wise data

# DistrictWorkersMainPopulationMalesFemales
1 North Twenty Four Parganas35,71,62430,55,6301,00,09,78151,19,38948,90,392
2 South Twenty Four Parganas29,64,49420,03,68581,61,96141,73,77839,88,183
3 Barddhaman 29,11,25121,66,74277,17,56339,66,88937,50,674
4 Murshidabad 25,89,90720,22,08371,03,80736,27,56434,76,243
5 Paschim Medinipur25,09,15915,10,54859,13,45730,07,88529,05,572
6 Hugli 21,52,87017,14,64555,19,14528,14,65327,04,492
7 Nadia 18,42,60715,95,88051,67,60026,53,76825,13,832
8 Purba Medinipur19,10,32011,27,31250,95,87526,29,83424,66,041
9 Haora 18,19,84514,96,26748,50,02925,00,81923,49,210
10 Kolkata17,95,74015,76,41944,96,69423,56,76621,39,928
11 Maldah 15,37,84710,50,99539,88,84520,51,54119,37,304
12 Jalpaiguri 15,12,91011,53,76538,72,84619,83,06418,89,782
13 Bankura 14,66,2209,16,39335,96,67418,38,09517,58,579
14 Birbhum13,31,6039,12,84435,02,40417,90,92017,11,484
15 Uttar Dinajpur10,75,6268,24,34230,07,13415,51,06614,56,068
16 Puruliya12,49,6426,13,39829,30,11514,96,99614,33,119
17 Koch Bihar 11,27,9778,86,35728,19,08614,51,54213,67,544
18 Darjiling 6,83,7265,32,85518,46,8239,37,2599,09,564
19 Dakshin Dinajpur7,02,9875,26,47016,76,2768,57,1998,19,077