Jorhat is one of 33 districts located in northeastern Indian state Assam. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Jorhat district, and there are total 848 villages and 16 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Jorhat district is 312 and number of houses in this district is 208388.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 972958. Out of total 972958, male population count is 494739, where as female population count is 478219 in Jorhat.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 113459 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 113459 children 57692 are boys and 55767 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Jorhat district is 71%. 695826 out of total 972958 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 76% and 379675 males are literate out of total 494739 male population, where as female literacy rate is 33% and 316151 out of total 478219 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Jorhat district is 28%. 277132 out of total 972958 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 23% and 115064 males are illiterate out of total 494739 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 33% and 162068 out of total 478219 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Jorhat district is 450243 and non-working population is 522715 and out of 450243 working population 97973 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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