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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803181

Mangalore population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Karnataka · Census 2011Dakshina Kannada 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.
Population499,487people
Households115,036PCA households
Literacy rate93.67%% of people aged 7+
Work participation41.74%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople499,487247,903251,584
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–644,38122,85921,522
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+426,286216,154210,132
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.67%96.05%91.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople21,61810,58511,033
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople7,4093,7443,665
Total workersCensus workers208,510143,94364,567
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population41.74%58.06%25.66%
Main workersworked at least 6 months193,772135,48258,290
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,7388,4616,277
Non-workerspeople290,977103,960187,017

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25254; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 115,036 households and 499,487 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.89% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.05% for males and 91.34% for females.
  • Of 208,510 workers, 92.93% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,067221
Agricultural labourers863271
Household industry workers11,4191,368
Other workers180,42312,878

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
Mangalore (M Corp. + OG)57505561499,487

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 488,968 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople488,968242,512246,456
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–643,34022,32321,017
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+417,649211,572206,077
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.72%96.09%91.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople20,97610,26110,715
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople7,2943,6803,614
Total workersCensus workers203,396140,49162,905
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population41.6%57.93%25.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months189,078132,27156,807
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,3188,2206,098
Non-workerspeople285,572102,021183,551

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25255; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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