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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801614

Silchar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Assam · Census 2011Cachar 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.
Population178,865people
Households39,890PCA households
Literacy rate90.55%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.21%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople178,86589,96188,904
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–617,2108,9448,266
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+146,38575,32571,060
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.55%92.97%88.12%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople26,79513,43813,357
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople664351313
Total workersCensus workers62,98250,45312,529
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.21%56.08%14.09%
Main workersworked at least 6 months56,16246,5939,569
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,8203,8602,960
Non-workerspeople115,88339,50876,375

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10033; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 39,890 households and 178,865 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.62% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.97% for males and 88.12% for females.
  • Of 62,982 workers, 89.17% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators10699
Agricultural labourers98118
Household industry workers1,110486
Other workers54,8486,117

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
Silchar (MB + OG)31602097178,865

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 172,830 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople172,83086,88485,946
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,3358,4777,858
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+142,29473,11369,181
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.93%93.25%88.59%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople26,49713,28513,212
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople658349309
Total workersCensus workers60,81648,78412,032
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.19%56.15%14%
Main workersworked at least 6 months54,19145,0599,132
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,6253,7252,900
Non-workerspeople112,01438,10073,914

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10034; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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