Browse the place directories and read the reference tables below. Search and interactive comparisons need JavaScript.

Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803120

Chitradurga 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.
Population145,853people
Households32,110PCA households
Literacy rate88.03%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.81%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople145,85373,02072,833
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,4967,9037,593
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+114,75259,63655,116
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.03%91.58%84.48%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,43912,13912,300
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople11,5225,6125,910
Total workersCensus workers53,69441,00612,688
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.81%56.16%17.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months46,72136,7579,964
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,9734,2492,724
Non-workerspeople92,15932,01460,145

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 24923; 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 32,110 households and 145,853 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.62% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.58% and female literacy was 84.48%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 53,694 Census workers, 87.01% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators569132
Agricultural labourers553209
Household industry workers2,246407
Other workers43,3536,225

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.

Read the full definitions and research guidance

Download the field definitions

Source components of this town

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Chitradurga (CMC + OG)56605505145,853

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 140,206 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople140,20670,13270,074
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,9177,6207,297
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+110,21557,20053,015
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.97%91.5%84.45%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,33111,56911,762
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople10,9245,3175,607
Total workersCensus workers51,72239,39312,329
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.89%56.17%17.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,91235,2479,665
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,8104,1462,664
Non-workerspeople88,48430,73957,745

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24924; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks