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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803096
Kumta 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 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.
The source records 8,492 households and 36,719 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.54% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
Male literacy was 94.7% and female literacy was 86.79%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
Of 13,697 Census workers, 90.43% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.
What kinds of work were recorded?
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Economic activity
Main workers
Marginal workers
Cultivators
265
18
Agricultural labourers
312
90
Household industry workers
251
65
Other workers
11,558
1,138
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.
The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.
Town proper, excluding outgrowths
The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 29,266 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.
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Indicator · Census 2011
Total
Males
Females
Populationpeople
29,266
14,568
14,698
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6
2,544
1,294
1,250
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+
24,393
12,597
11,796
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+
91.28%
94.9%
87.72%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople
1,941
900
1,041
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople
63
29
34
Total workersCensus workers
10,723
8,461
2,262
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population