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Biswanath Chariali 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 19,145 people
Households 4,454 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.88% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34% % 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 19,145 9,771 9,374 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,855 974 881 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,714 8,184 7,530 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.88% 93.03% 88.66% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 744 382 362 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 203 107 96 Total workersCensus workers 6,509 5,475 1,034 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34% 56.03% 11.03% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,076 5,180 896 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 433 295 138 Non-workerspeople 12,636 4,296 8,340
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 4,454 households and 19,145 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.69% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.03% for males and 88.66% for females. Of 6,509 workers, 93.35% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 58 14 Agricultural labourers 74 26 Household industry workers 157 31 Other workers 5,787 362
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 Biswanath Chariali (TC) 306 02045 19,145
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.