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Tegheria Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Morigaon, Assam - Census 2011

Tegheria is a Census Town city situated in Mayong circle of Morigaon district. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,403 families residing in the Tegheria city. The total population of Tegheria is 5,567 out of which 2,848 are males and 2,719 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Tegheria is 955.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Tegheria city is 403 which is 7% of the total population. There are 199 male children and 204 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Tegheria is 1,025 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (955).

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Tegheria is 91.2%. Thus Tegheria has higher literacy rate compared to 68% of Morigaon district. The male literacy rate is 94.19% and the female literacy rate is 87.99% in Tegheria.

Tegheria Census Town has total administration over 1,403 houses to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Tegheria Census Town

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Tegheria Census Town.

Total Male Female
Children 403 199 204
Literacy 91.2% 87.6% 81.4%
Scheduled Caste 297 157 140
Scheduled Tribe 748 391 357
Illiterate 859 353 506

Caste-wise Population - Tegheria

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.4% of total population in Tegheria.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 297 157 140
Schedule Tribe 748 391 357

Religion-wise Population - Tegheria

As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Tegheria is 4,829 which is 86.74% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Tegheria is 649 which is 11.66% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Tegheria as per Census 2011.

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 4,829 (86.74%) 2,483 2,346
Muslim 649 (11.66%) 316 333
Christian 32 (0.57%) 17 15
Sikh 6 (0.11%) 2 4
Buddhist 5 (0.09%) 4 1
Jain 0 (0%) 0 0
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 46 (0.83%) 26 20

Literacy Rate - Tegheria

The total literacy rate of Tegheria was 91.17% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 72.19% of Assam. Population-wise, out of total 4,708 literates, males were 2,495 while females were 2,213. Also the male literacy rate was 94.19% and the female literacy rate was 87.99% in Tegheria.

  Tegheria Assam
Female 87.99% 66.27%
Male 94.19% 77.85%
Total 91.17% 72.19%

Sex Ratio - Tegheria

The Sex Ratio of Tegheria is 955. Thus per every 1000 men there were 955 females in Tegheria. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 1,025 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 955 ) of Tegheria.

Child Population - Tegheria

According to Census 2011, there were 403 children between age 0 to 6 years in Tegheria. Out of which 199 were male while 204 were female.

Working Population - Tegheria

In Tegheria Census Town out of total population, 1,863 were engaged in work activities. 85.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.8% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,863 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,588 1,444 144
Cultivators 118 114 4
Agriculture Labourer 20 15 5
Household Industries 16 11 5
Other Workers 1,434 1,304 130
Marginal Workers 275 122 153
Non Working 3,704 1,282 2,422

Tegheria Wards

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Tegheria is further divided into 1 wards where elections are held every 5 years.

# Ward Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Ward No - 1 5,567 84.6% 955

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