District of Karnataka

Tumkur: 26.8 lakh people, one story

People
26,78,980
Area
10,597 km²
Literacy
75.14%
Sex ratio
984
Top 3 in KarnatakaArea: 10,597 km². Rank 3 of 30 districts.See the numbers →Big number26.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 253 to every km².See the numbers →

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TumkurKarnataka

The history, places and schemes of Tumkur are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Tumkur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population26.8 lakh#4/30 in Karnataka
Area10,597 km²#3/30 in Karnataka
Population density253 per km²#18/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio984 females per 1000 males#14/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)959 girls per 1000 boys#9/30 in Karnataka▲ state 948
Literacy rate75.14%#13/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy67.38%#13/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population22.4%#21/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

75.1% can read. 984 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
82.882.5
Female literacy
67.468.1
Scheduled Castes
18.917.1
Scheduled Tribes
7.87.0
Living in towns
22.438.7

Gender literacy gap: 15.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 90.1%
  • Muslim 9.2%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    63 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    13.5 lakh workers, 50.6% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 37.3%
    • Farm labourers 26.0%
    • Household industry 4.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 32.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 63% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      63.266.4
      Latrine at home
      23.237.5
      Tap water
      47.848.4
      LPG / PNG
      13.123.8
      Phone
      41.952.4
      Television
      36.244.0
      Bicycle
      31.124.8
      Two-wheeler
      15.518.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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