Assam Population - Census India 2011

Assam is one of state in India with population of 31,205,576. There are 27 districts, 184 Taluks, 26,395 villages and 226 towns in Assam.

As per the Census India 2011, Assam has 6,406,471 households, population of 31,205,576 of which 15,939,443 are males and 15,266,133 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 4,638,130 which is 14.86% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Assam state is around 958 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Assam state is 61.46% out of which 66.3% males are literate and 56.4% females are literate. The total area of Assam is 78,438 sq.km with population density of 398 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 85.9% of population lives in Urban area and 14.1% lives in Rural area. There are 7.15% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 12.45% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Assam.

Assam Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	31,205,576	100%
Hindu	19,180,759	61.47%
Muslim	10,679,345	34.22%
Christian	1,165,867	3.74%
Buddhist	54,993	0.18%
Religion not stated	50,873	0.16%
Other religions and persuasions	27,118	0.09%
Jain	25,949	0.08%
Sikh	20,672	0.07%

Assam Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	1,260	77,178
Number of households	985,594	5,420,877
Total Population	4,398,542	26,807,034
Population (%)	51.39%	48.97%
Male Population	2,260,454	13,678,989
Female Population	2,138,088	13,128,045
Sex Ratio	946	960
Literacy (%)	79.4%	58.51%

List of Districts in Assam

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Assam Population Facts

Number of Households	6,406,471
Population	31,205,576
Male Population	15,939,443 (51.08%)
Female Population	15,266,133 (48.92%)
Children Population	4,638,130
Area	78,438 km2
Population density/km2	398
Sex-ratio	958
Literacy	61.46%
Male Literacy	66.3%
Female Literacy	56.4%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	12.45%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	7.15%