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Tura population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Meghalaya, 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 74,858 people
Households 13,743 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.31% % 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 74,858 37,236 37,622 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,884 4,588 4,296 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 60,254 30,418 29,836 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.33% 93.17% 89.53% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,561 1,338 1,223 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 53,724 26,048 27,676 Total workersCensus workers 23,438 15,950 7,488 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.31% 42.83% 19.9% Main workersworked at least 6 months 19,222 13,530 5,692 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,216 2,420 1,796 Non-workerspeople 51,420 21,286 30,134
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 13,743 households and 74,858 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.87% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.17% for males and 89.53% for females. Of 23,438 workers, 82.01% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 372 107 Agricultural labourers 123 137 Household industry workers 263 177 Other workers 18,464 3,795
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 Tura (M) 293 01965 74,858
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.