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Digboi Oil Town population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Assam, using 2011 geography.
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.
Population 12,726 people
Households 2,865 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.77% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.54% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 12,726 6,753 5,973 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,033 504 529 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,614 5,905 4,709 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.77% 94.5% 86.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 856 413 443 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 421 216 205 Total workersCensus workers 4,904 4,114 790 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.54% 60.92% 13.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,611 3,916 695 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 293 198 95 Non-workerspeople 7,822 2,639 5,183
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 2,865 households and 12,726 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.5% for males and 86.5% for females. Of 4,904 workers, 94.03% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 8 9 Agricultural labourers 6 4 Household industry workers 16 12 Other workers 4,581 268
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Digboi Oil Town (CT) 309 02062 12,726
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.