Tumkur is one of 30 districts located in southwest Indian state Karnataka. There are total 10 blocks which comes under Tumkur district, and there are total 2715 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Tumkur district is 571 and number of houses in this district is 501673.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 2096829. Out of total 2096829, male population count is 1057132, where as female population count is 1039697 in Tumkur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 205423 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 205423 children 104818 are boys and 100605 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Tumkur district is 64%. 1357465 out of total 2096829 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 72% and 767163 males are literate out of total 1057132 male population, where as female literacy rate is 43% and 590302 out of total 1039697 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Tumkur district is 35%. 739364 out of total 2096829 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 27% and 289969 males are illiterate out of total 1057132 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 43% and 449395 out of total 1039697 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Tumkur district is 1127009 and non-working population is 969820 and out of 1127009 working population 451596 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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