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Dergaon 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 20,059 people
Households 4,537 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.04% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.85% % 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 20,059 10,119 9,940 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,785 913 872 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,184 8,854 8,330 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.04% 96.18% 91.86% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,663 832 831 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 752 374 378 Total workersCensus workers 7,593 5,869 1,724 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.85% 58% 17.34% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,187 5,124 1,063 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,406 745 661 Non-workerspeople 12,466 4,250 8,216
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 4,537 households and 20,059 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.9% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.18% for males and 91.86% for females. Of 7,593 workers, 81.48% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 81 36 Agricultural labourers 28 19 Household industry workers 123 110 Other workers 5,955 1,241
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 Dergaon (MB) 313 02084 20,059
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.