District Demographic Features

Demographic detail in the district

Sl. No.	Particulars	Value
1	Male population in the district	337890
2	Female population in the district	321406
3	Total population in the district	659296
4	Sex ratio	946
5	Rural population	611156
6	Urban population	48140
7	Population under BPL	121711
8	Population density per sq. km	497
9	Total number of household in the district	143108
10	Number of rural household	19648
11	Number of urban household	113443
12	Average number of persons per family	4.9
13	Literacy rate of male (%)	80.74
14	Literacy rate of female (%)	67.6
15	Average literacy rate (%)	74.33
16	Languages spoken in the district	Bengali/ Assamese

As per 2011 Census

Details on ST population

Sl. No.	Particulars	Value
1	Male ST population	354
2	Female ST population	337
3	Total ST population	691
4	Literacy rate of ST male (%)	93.72
5	Literacy rate of ST female (%)	88.98
6	Literacy rate of ST population (%)	91.42

As per 2011 Census

Details on SC population

Sl. No.	Particulars	Value
1	Male SC population	36369
2	Female SC population	34290
3	Total SC population	70659
4	Literacy rate of SC male (%)	89.11
5	Literacy rate of SC female (%)	82.35
6	Literacy rate of SC population (%)	85.79

As per 2011 Census

RELIGION IN THE DISTRICT

Sl. No.	Religion	% of population in the district
1	Hindu	42.61
2	Muslim	55.61
3	Christian	1.51
4	Others	0.27

As per 2011 Census

DETAILS OF SCHEDULE TRIBE IN THE DISTRICT

Sl. No.	Name of tribe	Language spoken
1	Reang	Kokborok
2	Rogmai Naga	Nagamese" or Naga Pidgin
3	Tripuri/Barman	Tripuri/Kokborok
4	Khasi/Jantia	Austroasiatic language
5	Chakma	Indoaryan language/Tibeto-chinese and Arakan Language
6	Sakachep & Hrangkhol	Kuki-Chin-Mizo

As per 2011 Census