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Town · Census 2011 · code 801584

Digboi 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.
Population21,736people
Households4,643PCA households
Literacy rate92.08%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.29%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople21,73610,96410,772
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,745881864
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+18,4089,5888,820
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.08%95.09%89.02%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople694367327
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1255867
Total workersCensus workers7,4546,3371,117
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.29%57.8%10.37%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,4175,611806
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,037726311
Non-workerspeople14,2824,6279,655

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 9840; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,643 households and 21,736 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.03% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.09% for males and 89.02% for females.
  • Of 7,454 workers, 86.09% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1733
Agricultural labourers4522
Household industry workers82123
Other workers6,273859

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
Digboi (TC)3090206221,736

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.