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Chamarajanagar 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 69,875 people
Households 16,191 PCA households
Literacy rate 75.97% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.62% % 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 69,875 34,783 35,092 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,162 4,198 3,964 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 46,886 24,669 22,217 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 75.97% 80.66% 71.37% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 13,627 6,886 6,741 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6,964 3,392 3,572 Total workersCensus workers 26,286 20,099 6,187 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.62% 57.78% 17.63% Main workersworked at least 6 months 22,894 17,748 5,146 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,392 2,351 1,041 Non-workerspeople 43,589 14,684 28,905
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 16,191 households and 69,875 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.68% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.66% for males and 71.37% for females. Of 26,286 workers, 87.1% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 852 39 Agricultural labourers 2,200 566 Household industry workers 924 198 Other workers 18,918 2,589
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 Chamarajanagar (CMC) 578 05577 69,875
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.