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Golaghat population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this district in Assam, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Historical Census 2011 district boundary. This record does not represent a present-day district unless the boundaries are independently shown to match.
Population 1,066,888 people
Households 227,197 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.43% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 44.98% % of all residents
Total, rural and urban population Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Rural Urban Populationpeople 1,066,888 969,152 97,736 Households recorded in the PCAhouseholds 227,197 204,860 22,337 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 134,793 125,120 9,673 Children aged 0–6 as a share of population% 12.63% 12.91% 9.9% Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males 964 965 953 Child sex ratiogirls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6 963 966 930 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 721,764 640,978 80,786 Literacy rate% 77.43% 75.94% 91.74% Male literacy rate% 83.56% 82.44% 94.25% Female literacy rate% 71.09% 69.22% 89.11% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 62,298 56,152 6,146 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 111,765 108,974 2,791 Total workersCensus workers 479,928 444,356 35,572 Work participation rate% 44.98% 45.85% 36.4% Main workersworked at least 6 months 331,210 300,433 30,777 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 148,718 143,923 4,795 Non-workerspeople 586,960 524,796 62,164
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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 227,197 households and 1,066,888 residents. Urban residents made up 9.16% of the population. Rural residents made up 90.84%. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.63% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.56% for males and 71.09% for females. Of 479,928 workers, 69.01% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 133,659 56,931 Agricultural labourers 25,086 41,530 Household industry workers 7,778 7,290 Other workers 164,687 42,967
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Towns connected to this district The population displayed here counts only the source components within this district. A linked full-town profile can include components in other districts.
Census code 801601 41,989 people within this district · Town
Census code 801600 20,059 people within this district · Town
Census code 801599 10,143 people within this district · Town
Census code 801602 9,931 people within this district · Town
Census code 801603 7,657 people within this district · Town
Census code 294282 5,639 people within this district · Census town
Census code 294283 2,318 people within this district · Census town