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Margherita 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 26,914 people
Households 5,990 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.7% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.84% % 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 26,914 13,777 13,137 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,635 1,340 1,295 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,293 11,388 9,905 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.7% 91.57% 83.64% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 913 453 460 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 262 134 128 Total workersCensus workers 9,646 7,986 1,660 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.84% 57.97% 12.64% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,047 7,014 1,033 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,599 972 627 Non-workerspeople 17,268 5,791 11,477
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 5,990 households and 26,914 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.79% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.57% for males and 83.64% for females. Of 9,646 workers, 83.42% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 25 28 Agricultural labourers 39 27 Household industry workers 213 47 Other workers 7,770 1,497
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 Margherita (TC) 309 02062 26,914
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.