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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803207

Gulbarga population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Karnataka · Census 2011Gulbarga 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.
Population543,147people
Households102,830PCA households
Literacy rate82.2%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.97%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople543,147276,552266,595
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–669,66636,09633,570
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+389,182211,138178,044
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.2%87.81%76.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople82,02041,60440,416
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,1745,1365,038
Total workersCensus workers179,102135,79243,310
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.97%49.1%16.25%
Main workersworked at least 6 months147,891116,76631,125
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months31,21119,02612,185
Non-workerspeople364,045140,760223,285

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25379; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 102,830 households and 543,147 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.83% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.81% for males and 76.41% for females.
  • Of 179,102 workers, 82.57% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,403706
Agricultural labourers2,6251,345
Household industry workers4,3411,918
Other workers138,52227,242

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
Gulbarga (M Corp. + OG)57905582543,147

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 533,587 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople533,587271,660261,927
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–668,51135,50533,006
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+382,775207,498175,277
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.3%87.87%76.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople79,10440,10738,997
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople9,8714,9814,890
Total workersCensus workers175,817133,49342,324
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.95%49.14%16.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months145,186114,86330,323
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months30,63118,63012,001
Non-workerspeople357,770138,167219,603

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25380; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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