About Bongaigaon District

Bongaigaon is a district in Assam, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Bongaigaon was 738,804 with a growth rate of 20.59%. Bongaigaon covers 1,093 Km² area. Sex ratio of Bongaigaon's population is 966 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 969 females out of 1000 males.

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For easier reading, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Bongaigaon, Urban/Rural population of Bongaigaon, Literacy data of Bongaigaon and Religion wise data of Bongaigaon. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Bongaigaon,Assam, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Bongaigaon

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Population	738,804	Growth (%)	20.59
Male Population	375,818	Sex Ratio	966
Female Population	362,986	Child Sex Ratio	969
Area ( In Km. Square )	1,093

Bongaigaon has a total population of 738,804 people. Out of this, the male population stands at 375,818 while the female population 362,986. The district area is 1,093 square kilometers.

In terms of demographic statistics, Bongaigaon has sex ratio of 966 females per 1000 males and a child sex ratio of 969 girls per 1000 boys.

Urban/Rural Population of Bongaigaon

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Urban Population	109,810	Rural Population	628,994
Urban Population (%)	14.86	Rural Population (%)	85.14
Urban male Population	56,032	Rural Male Population	319,786
Urban Female Population	53,778	Rural Female Population	309,208
Urban Sex Ratio	960	Rural Sex Ratio	967

Bongaigaon urban population is 109,810 (14.86% of the total), while the rural population is 628,994 (85.14% of the total). Across the decade to 2011 the district grew by 20.59% overall.

Among the urban population 56,032 are males, and 53,778 are females, resulting in an urban sex ratio of 960 females per 1000 males. In the rural population 319,786 are males and 309,208 are females, resulting in an rural sex ratio of 967 females per 1000 males.

Literacy data of Bongaigaon

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Literate	434,078	Literacy (%)	69.74
Male Literate	237,114	Male Literacy (%)	74.87
Female Literate	196,964	Female Literacy (%)	64.43
Urban Literate	86,209	Rural Literate	347,869
Urban Male Literates	45,956	Urban Male Literacy (%)	91.42
Rural Male Literates	191,158	Rural Male Literacy (%)	71.74
Urban Female Literates	40,253	Urban Female Literacy (%)	83.17
Rural Female Literates	156,711	Rural Female Literacy (%)	60.91

The literacy data of Bongaigaon highlights a total literacy rate stands at 69.74% with 434,078 literate individuals. Male literacy is 74.87% while female literacy is lower at 64.43% among them, 237,114 males and 196,964 females are literate, highlighting a gender gap.

Urban areas show higher literacy rate with 86,209 people being literate, with men at 91.42% and female at 83.17%, compared to rural areas whereas 347,869 people are literate, with male at 71.74% and female at 60.91%. Highlights a gap between urban and rural literacy rates.

Religion Wise Data of Bongaigaon

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Hindu	359,145	Hindu (%)	48.61
Muslim	371,033	Muslim (%)	50.22
Sikh	384	Sikh (%)	0.05
Christian	5,924	Christian (%)	0.80
Jain	871	Jain (%)	0.12
Buddhist	236	Buddhist (%)	0.03
Other	9	Other (%)	0
Not Avaiable	1,202	Not Avaiable (%)	0.16

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Common questions about Bongaigaon

As recorded in the Census of India 2011, Bongaigaon district had a population of 738,804. That figure has not been revised since, because no later census has been completed.

Bongaigaon is divided into 5 tehsils. Each one is listed on this page, and opening a tehsil shows every village recorded inside it.

The sex ratio of Bongaigaon is 966 females for every 1000 males. A figure below 1000 means women are outnumbered in the district.

The child sex ratio of Bongaigaon is 969 girls for every 1000 boys, counting only children aged 0 to 6.

The literacy rate of Bongaigaon is 69.74 per cent. That works out to 434,078 literate people.

Bongaigaon covers an area of 1,093 square kilometres.

628,994 people in Bongaigaon live in rural areas and 109,810 live in urban areas, so the district is counted as largely rural in character.

The population of Bongaigaon grew by 20.59 per cent between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.

Bongaigaon is a district of Assam. You can open Assam from this page to see all of its other districts.

A tehsil is the administrative level between a district and a village. Some states call the same unit a taluka, mandal, block or circle, but it sits in the same place in the hierarchy.