Tumkur District Population, Karnataka - Census India 2011

Tumkur is one of district of Karnataka in India. There are 10 Taluks, 2,715 villages and 12 towns in Tumkur district.

As per the Census India 2011, Tumkur district has 640,081 households, population of 2,678,980 of which 1,350,594 are males and 1,328,386 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 265,742 which is 9.92% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Tumkur district is around 984 compared to 973 which is average of Karnataka state. The literacy rate of Tumkur district is 67.69% out of which 74.49% males are literate and 60.78% females are literate. The total area of Tumkur is 10,597 sq.km with population density of 253 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 77.64% of population lives in Urban area and 22.36% lives in Rural area. There are 18.92% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7.82% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Tumkur district.

Tumkur Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,678,980	100%
Hindu	2,413,812	90.1%
Muslim	245,923	9.18%
Christian	9,130	0.34%
Jain	5,067	0.19%
Religion not stated	4,223	0.16%
Sikh	477	0.02%
Buddhist	187	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	161	0.01%

Tumkur Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	128	10,469
Number of households	142,560	497,521
Total Population	599,078	2,079,902
Population (%)	50.39%	49.58%
Male Population	301,884	1,048,710
Female Population	297,194	1,031,192
Sex Ratio	984	983
Literacy (%)	78.28%	64.64%

List of Taluks in Tumkur

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Tumkur district, Karnataka

Tumkur Population Facts

Number of Households	640,081
Population	2,678,980
Male Population	1,350,594 (50.41%)
Female Population	1,328,386 (49.59%)
Children Population	265,742
Area	10,597 km2
Population density/km2	253
Sex-ratio	984
Literacy	67.69%
Male Literacy	74.49%
Female Literacy	60.78%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	7.82%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	18.92%