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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801572

Tezpur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Assam · Census 2011Sonitpur 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.
Population75,540people
Households17,808PCA households
Literacy rate92.3%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.39%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople75,54038,74036,800
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,6033,4343,169
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+63,62633,36530,261
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.3%94.5%89.98%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,3393,6883,651
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,397659738
Total workersCensus workers28,24823,0475,201
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.39%59.49%14.13%
Main workersworked at least 6 months25,92421,7124,212
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3241,335989
Non-workerspeople47,29215,69331,599

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9743; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 17,808 households and 75,540 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.74% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.5% for males and 89.98% for females.
  • Of 28,248 workers, 91.77% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators18559
Agricultural labourers15460
Household industry workers430128
Other workers25,1552,077

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
Tezpur (MB + OG)3060204375,540

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 58,559 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople58,55929,99328,566
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1492,6732,476
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+48,87125,65623,215
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.5%93.91%88.98%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,7093,3763,333
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,003475528
Total workersCensus workers21,82417,8993,925
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.27%59.68%13.74%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,90916,7813,128
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,9151,118797
Non-workerspeople36,73512,09424,641

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9744; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks