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Kollegal 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 57,149 people
Households 13,250 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.99% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.58% % 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 57,149 28,546 28,603 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,259 2,710 2,549 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 42,547 22,299 20,248 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.99% 86.31% 77.72% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 15,227 7,622 7,605 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6,905 3,413 3,492 Total workersCensus workers 22,050 16,680 5,370 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.58% 58.43% 18.77% Main workersworked at least 6 months 18,409 14,316 4,093 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,641 2,364 1,277 Non-workerspeople 35,099 11,866 23,233
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 13,250 households and 57,149 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.2% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.31% for males and 77.72% for females. Of 22,050 workers, 83.49% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 917 62 Agricultural labourers 1,745 792 Household industry workers 426 157 Other workers 15,321 2,630
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 Kollegal (CMC) 578 05579 57,149
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.