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CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 GENERAL POPULATION TABLES ASSAM (Tables A-1 to A-4) ~, !,,\~(1.,... ~ +, .._' 1/, Of \ ~ PEOPLE ORIENTED OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, ASSAM Data Product Number 18-012-2001 - Cen.Book "(E) (ii) CONTENTS I f~age I Preface v Figures at a Glance vii Map Relating to Administrative Divisions ix SECTION 1- GENERAL NOTE General Note' 3 Census Concepts and Definitions 12 SECTION 2 - TABLES Talile A-I : Number of Villages, Towns, Households, Population and Area Fly Leaf 19 Diagram regarding Area and percentage to Total Ar~a 25 Map relating to Rural and Urban Population by Sex, 2001 2Qt Map relating to Sex ratio' - 2001 27 Diagram regarding Area, India and States 2001 28 Diagram regarding Population, India and States - 2001 29 Diagram regarding Population, State and Districts - 2001 30 \ . Map relating to Density of Population 31 Statements 33-42 Table A-I' 43-55 Appendix 56 Table A-2 : Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901 ~~ ~ Statements 71-75 Table A-2 76-80 Diagram relating to Growth of Population 1901-2001 India and State 81 Appendix 83 Table A-3 : Villages by Population size class ~~ ~ Statements 86-91 Table A-3 92-11 I Appendix 112-1I 4 (iii) Page Table A-4 Towns and Urban Agglomerations Classified by Population size Class in 2001 with variation.since 'i901 ~ Fly Leaf 117 Dia'PI"am regarding Growth of Urban Population showing percentage (1901-2001) 119 Map showing Population of Towns in six size classes 2001 110 Map ,showing Urban Population 121 Alph:j.betical list of towns, 2001 123 Alph4betical list of Urban Agglomerations - 2001 127 I Statetilents 128-185 I Table 1\-4 186-203 Appen~-l 204-205 Appendif-2 206 (iv) , PREFACE r"f'le final population data and its basic charactel;istics presented in this publication are based on the .1 data captured through the Household Schedules during the Actual Census Enumeration of 2001 Census and also from other SO\lrces. ,The Census of India 2001 was fourteenth in the continuous series as reckoned from 1872 and sixth since Independence. It has been the first Census of the third millennium. The General population Tables, its appendices and statements have been generated by using the computer technology. Data included in this volume have been presented in the form of A-series Tables, viz. A-I to A-4. Population figures presented in Table A-I depict data for Total, Rural and Urban areas separately down to TehsillSub-Tehsilffown level. Besides sex-wise population, data pertaining to area in sq.kms., density of population, inhabited and uninhabited villages, number of towns and households have also been presented. Table A-2 shows the decadal variations in population since 1901 as adju~ted according to the 2001 Census jurisdictions. Table A-3 provides details of the villages classified by population size class and the trend of urbanization in Assam is depicted in Table A-4. The analytical note in beginning of this volume gives a brief account as to how the 2001 Census was conducted in the State by highlighting its salient features. Each table is supported by a fly-leaf to familiarise the readers about the importance and coverage of data given in the Tables. The analysis of the data has been supported by number of statements and appendices. The Tables were prepared/checked in Census Section of this Directorate by the team' of dedicated officials. Shri P. Kalita, Assistant.Director prepared the initial draft report, which was scrutinised by Shri Debesh Roy, former Deputy Director. This '-publication is the outcome of the joint efforts of Census Division, office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India and the Directorate of Census Operations, Assam. I must record my deepest sense of gratitude to Shri J.K Banthia, lAS, Ex-Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India and his worthy successor Shri D.K. Sikri, lAS, Secretary, Registrar General and· Census Commissioner, India for affording us all along the valuable guidance and encouragement at every stage to bring out this publication. I am indebted to Dr. D. Roychoudhury, Deputy Registrar General, Shri Anand Kumar, Joint Director, Shri Jagan Lal, Deputy Director and staff members of the Census and Tabulation Division of office of the Registrar General, India, New Delhi for providing all sorts of assistance in the presentation of this publication. In the Census Directorate Shri P. Hazarika, lAS the then Director of Census Operations under whose able guidance and leadership the entire Census Operation was conducted successfully deserves all credits. I am thankful to Shri P. Kalita, Assistant Director, Smt. Nijora Sharma, S.l. Gr.-I, Smt. Khana Das, Sr. Compiler, Shri L.K Nath, Sr. Compiler, Shri Satya Nath Rabha, Printing Inspector, Shri Jayanta Ghosh, Jr. Supervisor, Shri Satadal Dutta, DEO 'B' who took sufficient pain in drafting, scrutiny of data and processing of various tables. I am also thankful to Shri N.C. Bhagabati, Ex-Deputy Director, Shri T.D. Sinha and Shri Kabin Patowari, Ex-S.l. Gr.-II for their help and co-operation in bringing out this publication. Shri KC.S. Bhagaba\i, Research Officer (Map) alongwith his Cartographic team deserves appreciation for preparation of Maps and Diagrams for this volume. The service of Smt. Roopam Gupta, Stenographer Gr.-II who took pain in typing this volume deserves my appreciation. I hope this publication will prove useful to the administrators, planners, demographers and other data users. A.G. Bhaskaran Guwahati Joint Director of Census Operations, November, 2008 Assam (v) FIGURES AT A GLANCE ASSAM Total Persons 26,655,528 TOTAL POPULATION Males 13,777,037 Females 12,878,491 Rural Persons 23,216,288 Males 11,939,945 Females 11,276,343 Urban Persons 3,439,240 . Males 1,837,092 Females 1,602,148 DECENNIAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE 1991-2001 18.9 AREA IN KM2 78,438.0 DENSITY OF POPULATION PER KM2 340 SEX RATIO (Number of females per 1,000 males) 93~: Persons 63.3 LITERACY RATE (Excluding children in the age-group 0-6) Males 71.3 Females 54.6, PERCENTAGE OF URBAN POPULATION TO TOTAL POPULATION 12.9 PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL POPULATION Persons 74.6 (i) Main Workers Males 85.1 Females 47.4 Persons 25.4 (ii) Marginal Workers Males 14.9 Females 52.6 Persons 64.2 (iii) Non-workers Males 50.1 Females 79.3 BREAK UP OF MAIN WORKERS (vii) ASSAM PERCENTAGE AMONG MAIN WORKERS Persons 37.7 CULTIVATORS Males 38.3 Females 34.9 Persons 8.9 AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS Males 9.2· Females 7.ff Persons 2.5 HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRY WORKERS Males 1.8 Females 5.9 Persons 50.8 OTHER WORKERS Males 50.7 Females 51.6 Persons 6.9 PERCENTAGE OF SCHEDULED CASTES TO Males 6.8 TOTAL POPULATION Females 6.9 Petsons 12.4 PERCENTAGE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES TO Males 12.2 TOTAL POPULATION Females 12.7 T'bTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 4,914,823 , J 'Total 26,312 TOTAL NUMBER OF VILLAGES Inhabited 25,124 UIiinhatiite( J 'd 1,188 TOTAL NUMBER OF TOWNs 125 {viii) 0", m 0", ~ Ol :Ja.. 0::: en f- a; Z z « E '" 0 >- IIlc "'"C ~ . ~ (/)- ~>- 0( « >'" e'E e '0° a..- - Q) . ~ ....J m > to "c .(j)" Co - ~ .~ ~ C '6 I- ® @ Ol « o::~ Ul ·UJ -£'" -0", W UJ I : ....J E . 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Thus, 2001 Census while providing data on due to the door to door universal canvassing of the population and its characteristics will also made a Household Schedule by about 2 million enumerator's traqsition from one century and millennium to another. and supervisors covering 593 districts, 5464 Sub This data will form the benchmark for framing of the districts, 5161 towns and 638588 villages at the national welfare and development policies for the human level. The comprehensive Household Schedule which beings living in this Country. replaced the individual slip had three parts and two sides A and B. Part I contained the Location Till 1931, census was a one night affair which Particulars; Part II related to the Individual Particulars mainly aimed at presenting a snapshot of the country's and Part ill contained questions for Household engaged population. But since 1941 and upto 1991 Census, in CultivationIPlantation (Annexure-I). The Part II of count was staggered and enumeration was being done the Household Sc!tedule had 39 columns and 23 on Individual Slips. However, in 2001 enumeration questions all of which were universally canvassed and has been done on Household Schedules.