Census Data Center · India 2011

Education — ASSAM

Literacy rates, educational attainment by age, sex and religion

Population3,12,05,576
Sex ratio958
Literacy72.2%
Literate1,91,77,977ASSAM
Literate males1,05,68,639
Literate females86,09,338
Illiterate1,20,27,599
Literacy %61.5%
Population3,12,05,576

Literacy

Literate1,91,77,977
Literate males1,05,68,639
Literate females86,09,338
Literacy %61.5%
Illiterate1,20,27,599
Illiterate males53,70,804
Illiterate females66,56,795

Population Overview

Total population3,12,05,576
Males1,59,39,443
Females1,52,66,133
Sex ratio958per 1,000 males
Households64,06,471

Children (0–6 years)

Children 0–646,38,130
Boys 0–623,63,485
Girls 0–622,74,645
Child %14.9%

SC / ST

SC population22,31,321
SC males11,45,314
SC females10,86,007
SC %7.2%
ST population38,84,371
ST males19,57,005
ST females19,27,366
ST %12.4%

Workers — Total

Total workers1,19,69,690
Worker males85,41,560
Worker females34,28,130
Work participation %38.4%
Non-workers1,92,35,886
Non-worker males73,97,883
Non-worker females1,18,38,003

Workers — Main

Main workers86,87,123
Main males70,34,642
Main females16,52,481
Cultivators31,38,554
Cultivator males26,98,384
Cultivator females4,40,170
Agri labourers9,03,294
Agri labourer males7,05,306
Agri labourer females1,97,988
Household industry2,42,071
HH industry males1,46,566
HH industry females95,505
Other workers44,03,204
Other males34,84,386
Other females9,18,818

Workers — Marginal

Marginal workers32,82,567
Marginal males15,06,918
Marginal females17,75,649
Marg. cultivators9,23,073
Marg. agri labourers9,42,052
Marg. HH industry2,49,250
Marg. other11,68,192

Workers — Marginal (detail)

Marg. cultivator males4,01,379
Marg. cultivator females5,21,694
Marg. agri lab. males4,23,904
Marg. agri lab. females5,18,148
Marg. HH industry males59,178
Marg. HH industry females1,90,072
Marg. other males6,22,457
Marg. other females5,45,735

Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months

3–6 mo workers26,97,230
3–6 mo males12,51,614
3–6 mo females14,45,616
3–6 mo cultivators7,45,491
3–6 mo cult. males3,28,113
3–6 mo cult. females4,17,378
3–6 mo agri lab.7,72,239
3–6 mo agri lab. males3,51,027
3–6 mo agri lab. females4,21,212
3–6 mo HH industry1,95,248
3–6 mo HH ind. males46,412
3–6 mo HH ind. females1,48,836
3–6 mo other9,84,252
3–6 mo other males5,26,062
3–6 mo other females4,58,190

Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months

0–3 mo workers5,85,337
0–3 mo males2,55,304
0–3 mo females3,30,033
0–3 mo cultivators1,77,582
0–3 mo cult. males73,266
0–3 mo cult. females1,04,316
0–3 mo agri lab.1,69,813
0–3 mo agri lab. males72,877
0–3 mo agri lab. females96,936
0–3 mo HH industry54,002
0–3 mo HH ind. males12,766
0–3 mo HH ind. females41,236
0–3 mo other1,83,940
0–3 mo other males96,395
0–3 mo other females87,545

Top districts by literate

districts comparison


27 districts

districts-wise data

# DistrictLiterateLit. malesLit. femalesIlliterateLiteracy %Population
1 Nagaon17,10,7169,21,8507,88,86611,13,05260.6%28,23,768
2 Dhubri9,22,3415,11,5514,10,79010,26,91747.3%19,49,258
3 Sonitpur11,08,5726,20,5254,88,0478,15,53857.6%19,24,110
4 Cachar11,74,1286,39,9465,34,1825,62,48967.6%17,36,617
5 Barpeta8,97,0584,99,0383,98,0207,96,56453%16,93,622
6 Kamrup9,95,3195,50,2194,45,1005,22,22365.6%15,17,542
7 Tinsukia7,98,3224,53,4493,44,8735,29,60760.1%13,27,929
8 Dibrugarh8,84,5314,91,3613,93,1704,41,80466.7%13,26,335
9 Kamrup Metropolitan10,01,1915,37,2274,63,9642,52,74779.8%12,53,938
10 Karimganj7,95,2974,35,9423,59,3554,33,38964.7%12,28,686
11 Sivasagar8,13,5054,44,7673,68,7383,37,54570.7%11,51,050
12 Jorhat7,94,9294,32,3353,62,5942,97,32772.8%10,92,256
13 Golaghat7,21,7643,96,4753,25,2893,45,12467.7%10,66,888
14 Lakhimpur6,83,4863,75,5523,07,9343,58,65165.6%10,42,137
15 Goalpara5,63,5773,04,3022,59,2754,44,60655.9%10,08,183
16 Morigaon5,39,9022,89,6982,50,2044,17,52156.4%9,57,423
17 Karbi Anglong5,57,2143,14,2532,42,9613,99,09958.3%9,56,313
18 Baksa5,72,8373,22,6142,50,2233,77,23860.3%9,50,075
19 Darrang4,87,0392,68,6662,18,3734,41,46152.5%9,28,500
20 Kokrajhar4,89,3052,75,2202,14,0853,97,83755.2%8,87,142
21 Udalguri4,69,9262,64,3262,05,6003,61,74256.5%8,31,668
22 Nalbari5,31,7712,93,1842,38,5872,39,86868.9%7,71,639
23 Bongaigaon4,34,0782,37,1141,96,9643,04,72658.8%7,38,804
24 Dhemaji4,23,0282,37,7611,85,2672,63,10561.7%6,86,133
25 Hailakandi4,07,3662,26,8361,80,5302,51,93061.8%6,59,296
26 Chirang2,59,9021,45,8691,14,0332,22,26053.9%4,82,162
27 Dima Hasao1,40,87378,55962,31473,22965.8%2,14,102