ASSAM AT A GALANCE

A. AREA

(a)

Geographical area (in Sq. Km.) (as per 1991 Census) 

784.38

B. ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

(a) District (as on 30th October 2003) 27*
(b) Sub-Division   ( ” )  53**
(c) Revenue Circle as per 2001 Census) 155
(d) Police Station (2002) 206
(e) Police Out Post ( ” ) 145
(f) Town as per 2001 Census 125
(g) Development Block (as on 31-3-04) 219
(h) Gaon Panchayat (as on 31-3-04) 2489
(i) No. of Villages 2001 Census 26247

                                                                                

 C. POPULATION AS PER 2001 CENSUS  

 

(a)

Total Population

26655528

(i) Male 13777037
(ii) Female 12878491

                                                                                                  

(b) Percentage of :  
(i) Male Population 52
(ii) Female 48
(iii) Urban 13
(iv) Rural 87
(v) Worker 36
(vi) Non-Worker  64
(vii) Schedule Caste 6.85
(viii) Schedule Tribes 12.41

                                                                                                                     

(c) Literacy : (in percentage)  
(i) Male 71.93
(ii) Female 56.03
(iii) Total 64.28
                                                                   

(d) Sex Ration (Female per thousand male) 935

(e) Density of  Population (No. per Sq. Km) 340

(f) Vital Statistics  (2002)  
(i) Birth rate (per thousand)  26.6
(ii) Death rate (  ”    )  9.2
(iii) Infant mortality rate 70

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