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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802915

Zahirabad 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.
Population71,166people
Households13,824PCA households
Literacy rate73.53%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.94%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,16636,06935,097
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,8835,1224,761
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+45,05924,66220,397
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+73.53%79.69%67.24%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,5913,7573,834
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,185608577
Total workersCensus workers24,15217,8976,255
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.94%49.62%17.82%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,49915,1904,309
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,6532,7071,946
Non-workerspeople47,01418,17228,842

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 21152; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,824 households and 71,166 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.89% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 79.69% for males and 67.24% for females.
  • Of 24,152 workers, 80.73% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators83166
Agricultural labourers2,899753
Household industry workers497485
Other workers15,2723,349

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
Zahirabad (M + OG)5350447471,166

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 50,532 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople50,53225,56424,968
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,9163,5643,352
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+33,66118,24415,417
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.18%82.93%71.32%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,2492,0942,155
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople307160147
Total workersCensus workers16,28012,6103,670
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.22%49.33%14.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,64411,0742,570
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,6361,5361,100
Non-workerspeople34,25212,95421,298

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 21153; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks