Overview
Naharkatiya is a Town Committee city in district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Naharkatiya city is divided into 4 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Naharkatiya Town Committee has population of 18,937 of which 9,790 are males while 9,147 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1848 which is 9.76 % of total population of Naharkatiya (TC). In Naharkatiya Town Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 934 against state average of 958. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Naharkatiya is around 933 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Naharkatiya city is 87.29 % higher than state average of 72.19 %. In Naharkatiya, Male literacy is around 91.23 % while female literacy rate is 83.08 %.
Naharkatiya Town Committee has total administration over 4,091 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Town Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Naharkatiya Caste Factor
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.34 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.25 % of total population in Naharkatiya (TC).
Naharkatiya Work Profile
Out of total population, 7,020 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 5,621 were males while 1,399 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 7020 working population, 86.71 % were engaged in Main Work while 13.29 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Naharkatiya 2020 Population
The next census for Naharkatiya Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2020 are estimates only.