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What is the character table for groups or order $pq^2$? The classification of order $pq^2$ groups has already been discussed in relation to Sylow theory.

For the Abelian groups, $\mathbb{Z}_p \oplus \mathbb{Z}_{q^2}$ and $\mathbb{Z}_p \oplus \mathbb{Z}_q \oplus \mathbb{Z}_q$, all the irreducible representations are 1-dimensional.

According to some group theory lecture notes I found online (bottom of page 8), there is only one other group when $q \not\equiv 1 (\mod p)$ and two when $q \equiv 1 (\mod p)$. I am asking for the character table in any or all of these cases.

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    There are more groups of order pqq than you indicate. For instance, there are 8 groups of order 5887 up to isomorphism, not just four.2011-09-08

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Any group of order $pq^2$ is a semidirect product by an abelian group. Indeed, by Sylow theory either the Sylow $p$-subgroup or the Sylow $q$-subgroup is normal. The Schur-Zassenhaus theorem says that if a normal subgroup has order coprime to its index, then it has a complement.

To classify all irreducible character of semidirect products by abelian groups is a very nice exercise in character theory. See another answer of mine for details. This is from Serre's representation theory book Part II, Section 8.2.