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Piriyapatna 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 16,685 people
Households 4,031 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.85% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.84% % 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 16,685 8,284 8,401 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,851 946 905 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,994 6,352 5,642 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.85% 86.56% 75.27% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,483 709 774 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,790 883 907 Total workersCensus workers 6,648 5,034 1,614 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.84% 60.77% 19.21% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,153 4,107 1,046 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,495 927 568 Non-workerspeople 10,037 3,250 6,787
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 4,031 households and 16,685 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.09% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.56% for males and 75.27% for females. Of 6,648 workers, 77.51% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 727 25 Agricultural labourers 472 511 Household industry workers 240 254 Other workers 3,714 705
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 Piriyapatna (TP) 577 05569 16,685
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.