Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Silchar City has a population of around 172,710 of which males are 86,812 and females are 85,897, so maintaining the sex ratio of Silchar city is 989 per 1000 males i.e. way above the national ratio of 940. Silchar Metropolitan Areas( Including Ambicapur Part-X, Kanakpur I, Kanakpur Part-II, Silchar, Silchar Part-X, Silchar XI, Tarapur VII, Tarapur VIII, Uttar Krishnapur Part-I kalain katigorah) has population of 228,985 of which 115,443 are males and 113,542 are females. Silchar has an average literacy rate of 91.74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 93.97%, and female literacy is 89.50%. Total children (0-6) in Silchar city are 15,467 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 7,977 boys while 7,490 are girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 939 per 1000 boys, much lower than the overall sex ratio of 989, which is matter of concern because it indicates that recent trend has been more away from normalcy. Major religions followed are Hinduism & Islam.
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