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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 801627

Guwahati population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Assam · Census 2011Kamrup Metropolitan 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. 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.
Population962,334people
Households230,769PCA households
Literacy rate91.5%% of people aged 7+
Work participation39.08%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople962,334498,450463,884
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–690,63646,74943,887
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+797,613425,837371,776
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.5%94.27%88.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople55,89628,72527,171
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople43,39122,08521,306
Total workersCensus workers376,042291,22584,817
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.08%58.43%18.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months327,058264,67962,379
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months48,98426,54622,438
Non-workerspeople586,292207,225379,067

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10210, 10215; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 230,769 households and 962,334 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.42% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.27% for males and 88.52% for females.
  • Of 376,042 workers, 86.97% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,765931
Agricultural labourers1,756852
Household industry workers5,4422,628
Other workers318,09544,573

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
Guwahati (M Corp. + OG) (Part)32202128433,771
Guwahati (M Corp. + OG) (Part)32202129528,563

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 957,352 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople957,352495,362461,990
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–690,02946,40143,628
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+793,360423,122370,238
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.47%94.24%88.5%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople55,72128,61927,102
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople43,27622,02821,248
Total workersCensus workers373,675289,03384,642
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.03%58.35%18.32%
Main workersworked at least 6 months324,752262,52162,231
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months48,92326,51222,411
Non-workerspeople583,677206,329377,348

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 10211, 10216; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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