District of Assam

Nalbari: 7.7 lakh people, one story

People
7,71,639
Area
1,052 km²
Literacy
78.63%
Sex ratio
949
Top 3 in AssamHousehold industry workers: 7.2 % of workers. Rank 2 of 27 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in AssamArea: 1,052 km². Rank 26 of 27.See the numbers →Big number7.7 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 733 to every km².See the numbers →

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NalbariAssam

The history, places and schemes of Nalbari are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Nalbari in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population7.7 lakh#22/27 in Assam
Area1,052 km²#26/27 in Assam
Population density733 per km²#4/27 in Assam▲ state 398
Sex ratio949 females per 1000 males#25/27 in Assam▼ state 958
Child sex ratio (0–6)967 girls per 1000 boys#7/27 in Assam▲ state 962
Literacy rate78.63%#5/27 in Assam▲ state 72.19
Female literacy72.57%#5/27 in Assam▲ state 66.27
Urban population10.7%#11/27 in Assam▼ state 14.1

People & society

78.6% can read. 949 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
84.477.8
Female literacy
72.666.3
Scheduled Castes
7.87.2
Scheduled Tribes
3.012.4
Living in towns
10.714.1

Gender literacy gap: 11.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 63.7%
  • Muslim 36.0%
  • Jain 0.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    35 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.7 lakh workers, 34.7% of all people

    This district
    Assam
    • Cultivators 21.7%
    • Farm labourers 13.1%
    • Household industry 7.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 58.0%

      Schemes & development

      Only 29% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      28.626.0
      Latrine at home
      43.445.5
      Tap water
      1.87.3
      LPG / PNG
      15.813.3
      Phone
      36.333.6
      Television
      19.219.3
      Bicycle
      45.138.6
      Two-wheeler
      7.97.1

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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