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Chikmagalur 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 118,401 people
Households 28,545 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.25% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.3% % 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 118,401 58,702 59,699 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,633 5,936 5,697 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 96,359 49,121 47,238 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.25% 93.09% 87.47% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 16,423 7,944 8,479 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,734 819 915 Total workersCensus workers 45,343 34,306 11,037 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.3% 58.44% 18.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 41,280 31,978 9,302 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,063 2,328 1,735 Non-workerspeople 73,058 24,396 48,662
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 28,545 households and 118,401 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.83% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.09% for males and 87.47% for females. Of 45,343 workers, 91.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 962 112 Agricultural labourers 1,049 213 Household industry workers 496 200 Other workers 38,773 3,538
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 Chikmagalur (CMC) 570 05530 118,401
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.