WEST BENGAL 2001
Number of Households
15,872,083
Proportion of Urban population (%)
28.0
Household size
5.0
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)
934
Sex Ratio (0-6 Years)
960
Sex Ratio (SC)
949
Sex Ratio (ST)
982
P
M
F
Population - Total
80,176,197
41,465,985
38,710,212
Population - Rural
57,748,946
29,616,009
28,132,937
Population - Urban
22,427,251
11,849,976
10,577,275
Population - (0-6)
11,414,222
5,824,180
5,590,042
SC Population
18,452,555
9,469,659
8,982,896
Proportion of SC population (%)
23.0
22.8
23.2
ST Population
4,406,794
2,223,924
2,182,870
Proportion of ST population (%)
5.5
5.4
5.6
Number of literates
47,196,401
27,452,426
19,743,975
Literacy Rate (%)
68.6
77.0
59.6
Number of illiterates
32,979,796
14,013,559
18,966,237
Illiteracy Rate (%)
48.0
39.3
57.3
Total workers
29,481,690
22,388,044
7,093,646
Work Participation Rate (%)
36.8
54.0
18.3
Main workers
23,023,583
19,494,971
3,528,612
Proportion of Main Workers (%)
28.7
47.0
9.1
Marginal workers
6,458,107
2,893,073
3,565,034
Proportion of Marginal Workers (%)
8.1
7.0
9.2
Non workers
50,694,507
19,077,941
31,616,566
Proportion of Non Workers (%)
63.2
46.0
81.7
Cultivators
5,653,922
4,655,210
998,712
Proportion of cultivators to total workers (%)
19.2
20.8
14.1
Agricultural labours
7,362,957
5,080,236
2,282,721
Proportion of agricultural labours to total workers (%)
25.0
22.7
32.2
Workers in household
2,172,070
917,180
1,254,890
Proportion of workers in household industries to total workers (%)
7.4
4.1
17.7
Industries Other workers
14,292,741
11,735,418
2,557,323
Percentage of Other workers to total workers (%)
48.5
52.4
36.1
