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Bongaigaon 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 67,322 people
Households 15,219 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.18% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.76% % 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 67,322 34,401 32,921 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,594 3,389 3,205 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 53,548 28,625 24,923 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.18% 92.3% 83.87% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,984 4,584 4,400 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,639 804 835 Total workersCensus workers 23,400 19,553 3,847 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.76% 56.84% 11.69% Main workersworked at least 6 months 20,851 17,940 2,911 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,549 1,613 936 Non-workerspeople 43,922 14,848 29,074
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 15,219 households and 67,322 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.79% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.3% for males and 83.87% for females. Of 23,400 workers, 89.11% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 135 46 Agricultural labourers 191 92 Household industry workers 312 179 Other workers 20,213 2,232
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 Bongaigaon (MB) 319 02110 67,322
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.