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Makum 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 16,923 people
Households 3,494 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.25% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.16% % 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 16,923 8,770 8,153 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,951 1,055 896 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,866 6,493 5,373 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.25% 84.16% 74.04% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 393 210 183 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 236 121 115 Total workersCensus workers 5,950 4,812 1,138 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.16% 54.87% 13.96% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,724 3,947 777 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,226 865 361 Non-workerspeople 10,973 3,958 7,015
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 3,494 households and 16,923 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.53% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.16% for males and 74.04% for females. Of 5,950 workers, 79.39% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 75 49 Agricultural labourers 33 65 Household industry workers 242 67 Other workers 4,374 1,045
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 Makum (TC) 309 02060 16,923
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.