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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803090

Karwar population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Karnataka · Census 2011Uttara Kannada 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.
Population77,139people
Households19,820PCA households
Literacy rate93.01%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.92%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople77,13938,78438,355
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,0003,6193,381
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+65,23433,90831,326
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.01%96.43%89.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,9501,9971,953
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople659353306
Total workersCensus workers27,70821,7955,913
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.92%56.2%15.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months23,60818,9514,657
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,1002,8441,256
Non-workerspeople49,43116,98932,442

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24784; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 19,820 households and 77,139 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.07% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.43% for males and 89.57% for females.
  • Of 27,708 workers, 85.2% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators13043
Agricultural labourers16535
Household industry workers745184
Other workers22,5683,838

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
Karwar (CMC + OG)5630547877,139

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 63,755 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople63,75532,20731,548
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7532,9942,759
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+54,06428,18225,882
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.21%96.47%89.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,6631,8461,817
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople618328290
Total workersCensus workers22,87218,1504,722
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.87%56.35%14.97%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,93215,9673,965
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,9402,183757
Non-workerspeople40,88314,05726,826

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24785; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks