From the very beginning of the British rule, for different purposes, people from different parts of the country and abroad have been migrating to the district of Dibrugarh. The Tea garden community who were brought by Britishes to employ in the Tea Estates now have great influence on the demographic scenerio of the district. Besides the local tribes and communities, there are a lots of people from other parts of the country and abroad from Nepal and Bangladesh

Total Population	1185072
Male	613555
Female	571517
Rural Population	956634
Urban Population	228438
S.T. Population	88337
S.T. Male	44667
S.T. Female	43670
S.C. Population	48024
S.C. Male	25083
S.C. Female	22941
Male Literates	406265
Female Literates	291883
Literacy Rate	58.91%