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Jorhat 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 126,736 people
Households 30,119 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.12% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40% % 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 126,736 65,489 61,247 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 12,413 6,371 6,042 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 101,887 54,191 47,696 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.12% 91.67% 86.4% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,114 4,102 4,012 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,326 1,203 1,123 Total workersCensus workers 50,692 38,710 11,982 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40% 59.11% 19.56% Main workersworked at least 6 months 42,434 33,781 8,653 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 8,258 4,929 3,329 Non-workerspeople 76,044 26,779 49,265
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 30,119 households and 126,736 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.79% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.67% for males and 86.4% for females. Of 50,692 workers, 83.71% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 390 211 Agricultural labourers 822 417 Household industry workers 1,104 544 Other workers 40,118 7,086
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 Jorhat (MB + OG) (Part) 312 02077 28,790 Jorhat (MB + OG) (Part) 312 02078 97,946
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.