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Challakere 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.
Population 55,194 people
Households 12,050 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.24% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.1% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 55,194 27,588 27,606 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,758 2,988 2,770 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 40,658 21,591 19,067 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.24% 87.77% 76.77% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,289 4,659 4,630 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 13,845 6,865 6,980 Total workersCensus workers 22,134 15,869 6,265 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.1% 57.52% 22.69% Main workersworked at least 6 months 18,761 14,232 4,529 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,373 1,637 1,736 Non-workerspeople 33,060 11,719 21,341
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 12,050 households and 55,194 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.43% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.77% for males and 76.77% for females. Of 22,134 workers, 84.76% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 395 50 Agricultural labourers 403 227 Household industry workers 746 343 Other workers 17,217 2,753
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Challakere (TMC) 566 05504 55,194
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.