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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801583

Tinsukia population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Assam · Census 2011Tinsukia 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.
Population116,322people
Households25,845PCA households
Literacy rate88.7%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.13%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople116,32262,30354,019
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,6336,1035,530
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+92,85851,41041,448
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.7%91.48%85.48%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,1513,2222,929
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,429726703
Total workersCensus workers43,18537,3465,839
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.13%59.94%10.81%
Main workersworked at least 6 months39,04234,4284,614
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,1432,9181,225
Non-workerspeople73,13724,95748,180

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9831; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 25,845 households and 116,322 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.48% for males and 85.48% for females.
  • Of 43,185 workers, 90.41% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators23662
Agricultural labourers11748
Household industry workers659230
Other workers38,0303,803

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
Tinsukia (MB + OG)30902061116,322

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 99,448 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople99,44853,48945,959
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,6875,0704,617
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+79,83044,29435,536
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.94%91.48%85.96%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,4492,8682,581
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople809415394
Total workersCensus workers36,96232,4104,552
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.17%60.59%9.9%
Main workersworked at least 6 months33,49429,9033,591
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,4682,507961
Non-workerspeople62,48621,07941,407

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9832; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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