Tumkur is a Block placed in Tumkur district in Karnataka. Positioned in rural region of Karnataka, it is one among the 10 blocks of Tumkur district. As per the administration register, the block number of Tumkur is 105. The block has 373 villages and there are total 67797 families in this Block.
As per Census 2011, Tumkur 's population is 290254. Out of this, 150272 are males while the females count 139982 here. This block has 28695 kids in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 14636 are boys and 14059 are girls.
Literacy ratio in Tumkur block is 68%. 198918 out of total 290254 population is literate here. Among males the literacy ratio is 75% as 113619 males out of total 150272 are educated while female literacy rate is 60% as 85299 out of total 139982 females are educated in this Block.
The Negative portion is that illiteracy ratio of Tumkur block is 31%. Here 91336 out of total 290254 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 24% as 36653 males out of total 150272 are illiterate. Among the females the illiteracy ratio is 39% and 54683 out of total 139982 females are illiterate in this block.
The count of employed individual of Tumkur block is 143934 whereas 146320 are un-employed. And out of 143934 employed individual 50332 persons are totally reliant on agriculture.
