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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801563

Nagaon population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Assam, using 2011 geography.

Assam · Census 2011Nagaon district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population121,628people
Households27,320PCA households
Literacy rate88.91%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.46%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople121,62861,64259,986
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,9506,0565,894
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+97,51650,99646,520
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.91%91.74%86%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,8795,0044,875
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople871433438
Total workersCensus workers45,56636,7138,853
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.46%59.56%14.76%
Main workersworked at least 6 months40,51433,7066,808
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,0523,0072,045
Non-workerspeople76,06224,92951,133

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9698; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 27,320 households and 121,628 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.83% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.74% for males and 86% for females.
  • Of 45,566 workers, 88.91% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators294137
Agricultural labourers135102
Household industry workers943420
Other workers39,1424,393

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
Nagaon (MB + OG)30502035121,628

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 117,722 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople117,72259,65158,071
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,4505,7795,671
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+94,74649,55045,196
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.15%91.98%86.25%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,8795,0044,875
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople871433438
Total workersCensus workers44,23035,5748,656
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.57%59.64%14.91%
Main workersworked at least 6 months39,40932,7196,690
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,8212,8551,966
Non-workerspeople73,49224,07749,415

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9699; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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