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Barpeta 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 42,649 people
Households 9,230 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.77% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.67% % 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 42,649 21,241 21,408 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,673 1,842 1,831 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 35,380 18,401 16,979 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.77% 94.86% 86.73% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,385 4,170 4,215 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 120 64 56 Total workersCensus workers 13,934 11,702 2,232 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.67% 55.09% 10.43% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,848 10,979 1,869 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,086 723 363 Non-workerspeople 28,715 9,539 19,176
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 9,230 households and 42,649 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.61% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.86% for males and 86.73% for females. Of 13,934 workers, 92.21% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 60 40 Agricultural labourers 24 33 Household industry workers 394 93 Other workers 12,370 920
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 Barpeta (MB) 303 02022 42,649
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.