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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802928

Nalgonda population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Nalgonda 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.
Population154,326people
Households36,826PCA households
Literacy rate85.09%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.92%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople154,32677,32077,006
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,3398,4487,891
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+117,41162,98754,424
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.09%91.46%78.74%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople22,68211,09611,586
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,3971,2001,197
Total workersCensus workers55,43439,57015,864
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.92%51.18%20.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months48,85336,38612,467
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,5813,1843,397
Non-workerspeople98,89237,75061,142

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 21812; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 36,826 households and 154,326 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.59% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.46% for males and 78.74% for females.
  • Of 55,434 workers, 88.13% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,589129
Agricultural labourers2,9791,156
Household industry workers1,585645
Other workers42,7004,651

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
Nalgonda (M + OG)53904646154,326

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 135,744 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople135,74467,97167,773
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,2937,3886,905
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+105,45856,28649,172
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.83%92.91%80.78%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople18,0328,8219,211
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,848926922
Total workersCensus workers47,50834,61512,893
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35%50.93%19.02%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,39532,06110,334
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,1132,5542,559
Non-workerspeople88,23633,35654,880

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 21813; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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