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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803224

Robertson Pet 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.
Population162,230people
Households35,959PCA households
Literacy rate91.08%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.68%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople162,23080,37581,855
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,0078,0627,945
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+133,17368,50464,669
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.08%94.73%87.5%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople89,90144,03445,867
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,210634576
Total workersCensus workers51,39241,5089,884
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.68%51.64%12.08%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,71537,5078,208
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,6774,0011,676
Non-workerspeople110,83838,86771,971

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 25441; 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 35,959 households and 162,230 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.87% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.73% and female literacy was 87.5%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 51,392 Census workers, 88.95% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators42198
Agricultural labourers810509
Household industry workers521201
Other workers43,9634,869

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
Robertson Pet (CMC + OG)58105593162,230

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 143,233 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople143,23370,89172,342
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,1997,1217,078
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+117,89660,54157,355
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.37%94.94%87.88%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople82,19940,18642,013
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,032545487
Total workersCensus workers44,88536,5208,365
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.34%51.52%11.56%
Main workersworked at least 6 months40,04833,0087,040
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,8373,5121,325
Non-workerspeople98,34834,37163,977

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25442; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks