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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803096

Kumta 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.
Population36,719people
Households8,492PCA households
Literacy rate90.72%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.3%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople36,71918,32118,398
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,1351,6161,519
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,46815,81914,649
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.72%94.7%86.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,2751,0701,205
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople733439
Total workersCensus workers13,69710,6873,010
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.3%58.33%16.36%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,3869,7902,596
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,311897414
Non-workerspeople23,0227,63415,388

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24817; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 8,492 households and 36,719 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.54% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.7% for males and 86.79% for females.
  • Of 13,697 workers, 90.43% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators26518
Agricultural labourers31290
Household industry workers25165
Other workers11,5581,138

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
Kumta (TMC + OG)5630548536,719

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 29,266 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople29,26614,56814,698
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,5441,2941,250
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+24,39312,59711,796
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.28%94.9%87.72%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,9419001,041
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople632934
Total workersCensus workers10,7238,4612,262
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.64%58.08%15.39%
Main workersworked at least 6 months9,6467,7071,939
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,077754323
Non-workerspeople18,5436,10712,436

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24818; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks