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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802913

Medak population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Andhra Pradesh, using 2011 geography.

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Medak district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population46,880people
Households9,571PCA households
Literacy rate76.94%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.45%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople46,88022,58624,294
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1512,5982,553
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,10716,93915,168
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.94%84.75%69.77%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,2322,2432,989
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,086466620
Total workersCensus workers16,14911,2164,933
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.45%49.66%20.31%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,08210,0814,001
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,0671,135932
Non-workerspeople30,73111,37019,361

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 21090; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 9,571 households and 46,880 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.99% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.75% for males and 69.77% for females.
  • Of 16,149 workers, 87.2% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators98370
Agricultural labourers1,896710
Household industry workers737153
Other workers10,4661,134

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Medak (M + OG)5350445646,880

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 44,255 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople44,25521,33622,919
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8152,4182,397
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+30,98416,31614,668
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+78.56%86.25%71.47%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,9482,1082,840
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,018436582
Total workersCensus workers14,76710,5064,261
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.37%49.24%18.59%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,7839,3993,384
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,9841,107877
Non-workerspeople29,48810,83018,658

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 21091; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks