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Puttur 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 53,061 people
Households 11,378 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.35% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.17% % 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 53,061 26,403 26,658 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,049 2,618 2,431 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 44,340 22,820 21,520 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.35% 95.94% 88.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,766 2,332 2,434 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,387 1,175 1,212 Total workersCensus workers 22,374 15,014 7,360 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.17% 56.86% 27.61% Main workersworked at least 6 months 21,290 14,500 6,790 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,084 514 570 Non-workerspeople 30,687 11,389 19,298
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 11,378 households and 53,061 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.52% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.94% for males and 88.83% for females. Of 22,374 workers, 95.16% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 108 19 Agricultural labourers 126 18 Household industry workers 1,913 150 Other workers 19,143 897
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 Puttur (TMC) 575 05564 53,061
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.