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Dhemaji 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 12,816 people
Households 3,090 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.52% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.53% % 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 12,816 6,514 6,302 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,436 722 714 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,415 5,461 4,954 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.52% 94.29% 88.65% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 649 330 319 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,124 1,025 1,099 Total workersCensus workers 5,066 3,676 1,390 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.53% 56.43% 22.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,220 3,318 902 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 846 358 488 Non-workerspeople 7,750 2,838 4,912
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 3,090 households and 12,816 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.2% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.29% for males and 88.65% for females. Of 5,066 workers, 83.3% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 227 244 Agricultural labourers 38 16 Household industry workers 188 163 Other workers 3,767 423
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 Dhemaji (TC) 308 02055 12,816
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.