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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803033

Belgaum population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Karnataka, using 2011 geography.

Karnataka · Census 2011Belgaum district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population490,045people
Households111,874PCA households
Literacy rate89.82%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.95%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople490,045246,537243,508
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–652,64927,20425,445
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+392,877205,702187,175
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.82%93.79%85.84%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople38,40418,96619,438
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople15,9977,9558,042
Total workersCensus workers171,287136,78734,500
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.95%55.48%14.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months155,589126,95428,635
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months15,6989,8335,865
Non-workerspeople318,758109,750209,008

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24564; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 111,874 households and 490,045 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.74% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.79% for males and 85.84% for females.
  • Of 171,287 workers, 90.84% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,627365
Agricultural labourers2,035845
Household industry workers7,0601,065
Other workers143,86713,423

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Belgaum (M Corp. + OG)55505438490,045

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 488,157 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople488,157245,545242,612
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–652,46727,10425,363
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+391,341204,861186,480
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.82%93.78%85.84%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople38,22118,86619,355
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople15,8677,8817,986
Total workersCensus workers170,748136,31934,429
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.98%55.52%14.19%
Main workersworked at least 6 months155,058126,49228,566
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months15,6909,8275,863
Non-workerspeople317,409109,226208,183

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24565; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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