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Lanka 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 36,805 people
Households 7,406 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.85% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.3% % 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 36,805 18,830 17,975 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,907 1,986 1,921 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 28,571 15,362 13,209 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.85% 91.2% 82.28% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,185 3,742 3,443 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 168 85 83 Total workersCensus workers 12,255 10,802 1,453 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.3% 57.37% 8.08% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,896 9,771 1,125 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,359 1,031 328 Non-workerspeople 24,550 8,028 16,522
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 7,406 households and 36,805 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.62% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.2% for males and 82.28% for females. Of 12,255 workers, 88.91% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 328 41 Agricultural labourers 283 134 Household industry workers 178 40 Other workers 10,107 1,144
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 Lanka (MB) 305 02040 36,805
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.