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Town · Census 2011 · code 803034

Belgaum Cantonment population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population19,411people
Households3,814PCA households
Literacy rate92.31%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.96%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople19,41110,9218,490
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,0301,084946
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+16,0459,4486,597
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.31%96.05%87.45%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,4971,2091,288
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople573274299
Total workersCensus workers7,5636,5251,038
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.96%59.75%12.23%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,3216,392929
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months242133109
Non-workerspeople11,8484,3967,452

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24566; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,814 households and 19,411 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.46% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.05% for males and 87.45% for females.
  • Of 7,563 workers, 96.8% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators234
Agricultural labourers171
Household industry workers504
Other workers7,231233

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 Cantonment (CB)5550543819,411

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.