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Tumkur 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 302,143 people
Households 72,300 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.17% % 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 302,143 152,925 149,218 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 30,777 15,644 15,133 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 241,270 126,065 115,205 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.91% 91.83% 85.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 37,267 18,859 18,408 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 12,603 6,323 6,280 Total workersCensus workers 115,341 86,416 28,925 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.17% 56.51% 19.38% Main workersworked at least 6 months 99,641 76,535 23,106 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 15,700 9,881 5,819 Non-workerspeople 186,802 66,509 120,293
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 72,300 households and 302,143 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.19% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.83% for males and 85.92% for females. Of 115,341 workers, 86.39% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,791 462 Agricultural labourers 1,895 748 Household industry workers 3,781 1,508 Other workers 91,174 12,982
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 Tumkur (CMC) 571 05537 302,143
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.