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Town · Census 2011 · code 803163

Anekal 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.

Karnataka · Census 2011Bangalore district
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.
Population44,260people
Households10,322PCA households
Literacy rate81.78%% of people aged 7+
Work participation40.95%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople44,26022,53921,721
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8032,4772,326
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,26817,29714,971
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.78%86.22%77.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,8332,4452,388
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople524261263
Total workersCensus workers18,12513,4534,672
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population40.95%59.69%21.51%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,86512,8713,994
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,260582678
Non-workerspeople26,1359,08617,049

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 25144; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 10,322 households and 44,260 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.85% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 86.22% and female literacy was 77.19%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 18,125 Census workers, 93.05% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators32637
Agricultural labourers31697
Household industry workers1,056187
Other workers15,167939

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.

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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
Anekal (TMC)5720554544,260

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