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Town · Census 2011 · code 801462

Tuensang population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Nagaland, 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.
Population36,774people
Households6,960PCA households
Literacy rate91.99%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.46%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople36,77419,47117,303
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7292,9202,809
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+28,55915,54013,019
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.99%93.89%89.82%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople000
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople33,46817,16916,299
Total workersCensus workers13,4078,5614,846
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.46%43.97%28.01%
Main workersworked at least 6 months9,4696,8302,639
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,9381,7312,207
Non-workerspeople23,36710,91012,457

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 8676; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 6,960 households and 36,774 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 15.58% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.89% for males and 89.82% for females.
  • Of 13,407 workers, 70.63% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,8821,403
Agricultural labourers406617
Household industry workers229210
Other workers6,9521,708

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Tuensang (TC)2670181736,774

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.