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Arkalgud 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 16,810 people
Households 4,052 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.79% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.47% % 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 16,810 8,468 8,342 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,805 906 899 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,123 6,592 5,531 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.79% 87.17% 74.31% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,553 1,796 1,757 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 99 49 50 Total workersCensus workers 6,635 4,942 1,693 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.47% 58.36% 20.29% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,844 3,831 1,013 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,791 1,111 680 Non-workerspeople 10,175 3,526 6,649
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 4,052 households and 16,810 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.74% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.17% for males and 74.31% for females. Of 6,635 workers, 73.01% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 738 42 Agricultural labourers 464 298 Household industry workers 93 127 Other workers 3,549 1,324
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 Arkalgud (TP) 574 05558 16,810
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.