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Shimoga 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 322,650 people
Households 76,009 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.78% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.67% % 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 322,650 162,018 160,632 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 32,691 16,681 16,010 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 254,531 131,963 122,568 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.78% 90.8% 84.75% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 40,737 20,170 20,567 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 9,192 4,513 4,679 Total workersCensus workers 118,308 93,416 24,892 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.67% 57.66% 15.5% Main workersworked at least 6 months 110,962 88,830 22,132 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,346 4,586 2,760 Non-workerspeople 204,342 68,602 135,740
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 76,009 households and 322,650 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.13% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.8% for males and 84.75% for females. Of 118,308 workers, 93.79% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,551 101 Agricultural labourers 4,837 360 Household industry workers 2,688 529 Other workers 100,886 6,356
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 Shimoga (CMC) 568 05520 322,650
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.