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Anantapur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Andhra Pradesh, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 15,247 people
Households 3,168 PCA households
Literacy rate 72.54% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.37% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 15,247 7,737 7,510 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,625 855 770 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,882 5,508 4,374 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 72.54% 80.03% 64.9% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,310 1,139 1,171 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 791 405 386 Total workersCensus workers 5,850 3,739 2,111 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.37% 48.33% 28.11% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,231 3,494 1,737 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 619 245 374 Non-workerspeople 9,397 3,998 5,399
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 3,168 households and 15,247 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.03% for males and 64.9% for females. Of 5,850 workers, 89.42% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 43 1 Agricultural labourers 195 68 Household industry workers 176 75 Other workers 4,817 475
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Anantapur (CT) 553 05330 15,247
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.