Overview
Goalpara is a Municipal Board city in district of Goalpara, Assam. The Goalpara city is divided into 19 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Goalpara Municipal Board has population of 53,430 of which 26,970 are males while 26,460 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 6125 which is 11.46 % of total population of Goalpara (MB). In Goalpara Municipal Board, Female Sex Ratio is of 981 against state average of 958. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Goalpara is around 949 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Goalpara city is 83.77 % higher than state average of 72.19 %. In Goalpara, Male literacy is around 87.28 % while female literacy rate is 80.20 %.
Goalpara Municipal Board has total administration over 11,617 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Board limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Goalpara Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.19 % of total population in Goalpara (MB).
Goalpara Work Profile
Out of total population, 18,601 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 15,015 were males while 3,586 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 18601 working population, 84.79 % were engaged in Main Work while 15.21 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Goalpara 2020 Population
The next census for Goalpara Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2020 are estimates only.