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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803194

Mysore population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Karnataka · Census 2011Mysore 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.
Population920,550people
Households215,061PCA households
Literacy rate87.71%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.77%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople920,550461,042459,508
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–687,22044,55042,670
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+730,906377,568353,338
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.71%90.65%84.77%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople106,51153,45653,055
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople45,00822,42322,585
Total workersCensus workers347,713263,01884,695
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.77%57.05%18.43%
Main workersworked at least 6 months306,784237,26269,522
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months40,92925,75615,173
Non-workerspeople572,837198,024374,813

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25327; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 215,061 households and 920,550 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.47% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.65% for males and 84.77% for females.
  • Of 347,713 workers, 88.23% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,645892
Agricultural labourers3,071973
Household industry workers7,9892,009
Other workers293,07937,055

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
Mysore (M Corp. + OG)57705572920,550

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 893,062 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople893,062446,676446,386
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–685,34643,58241,764
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+708,130365,233342,897
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.67%90.61%84.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople102,19551,21750,978
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople42,74721,27421,473
Total workersCensus workers338,424255,88982,535
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.89%57.29%18.49%
Main workersworked at least 6 months299,384231,36468,020
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months39,04024,52514,515
Non-workerspeople554,638190,787363,851

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25328; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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