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Town · Census 2011 · code 803050

Ilkal population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Karnataka, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and 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.
Population60,242people
Households11,472PCA households
Literacy rate78.94%% of people aged 7+
Work participation39.67%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople60,24230,26529,977
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,1314,1903,941
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+41,13922,72818,411
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+78.94%87.16%70.71%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople6,0063,0312,975
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,409684725
Total workersCensus workers23,89716,7407,157
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.67%55.31%23.87%
Main workersworked at least 6 months20,68415,0185,666
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,2131,7221,491
Non-workerspeople36,34513,52522,820

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24620; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 11,472 households and 60,242 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 13.5% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.16% and female literacy was 70.71%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 23,897 Census workers, 86.55% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators20923
Agricultural labourers642174
Household industry workers5,145857
Other workers14,6882,159

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Ilkal (CMC)5560544860,242

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.