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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803120

Chitradurga population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Karnataka · Census 2011Chitradurga 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.
Population145,853people
Households32,110PCA households
Literacy rate88.03%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.81%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople145,85373,02072,833
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,4967,9037,593
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+114,75259,63655,116
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.03%91.58%84.48%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,43912,13912,300
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople11,5225,6125,910
Total workersCensus workers53,69441,00612,688
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.81%56.16%17.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months46,72136,7579,964
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,9734,2492,724
Non-workerspeople92,15932,01460,145

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24923; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 32,110 households and 145,853 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.62% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.58% for males and 84.48% for females.
  • Of 53,694 workers, 87.01% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators569132
Agricultural labourers553209
Household industry workers2,246407
Other workers43,3536,225

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
Chitradurga (CMC + OG)56605505145,853

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 140,206 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople140,20670,13270,074
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,9177,6207,297
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+110,21557,20053,015
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.97%91.5%84.45%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,33111,56911,762
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,9245,3175,607
Total workersCensus workers51,72239,39312,329
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.89%56.17%17.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,91235,2479,665
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,8104,1462,664
Non-workerspeople88,48430,73957,745

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24924; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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