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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802962

Eluru population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011West Godavari 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.
Population218,020people
Households55,187PCA households
Literacy rate83.43%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.04%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople218,020107,511110,509
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–619,61910,0459,574
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+165,53585,53779,998
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.43%87.76%79.26%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,56911,43912,130
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,957972985
Total workersCensus workers76,40158,56617,835
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.04%54.47%16.14%
Main workersworked at least 6 months67,09453,20813,886
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,3075,3583,949
Non-workerspeople141,61948,94592,674

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22925; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 55,187 households and 218,020 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.76% for males and 79.26% for females.
  • Of 76,401 workers, 87.82% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators60685
Agricultural labourers5,0801,730
Household industry workers1,748596
Other workers59,6606,896

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
Eluru (M Corp. + OG)54604966218,020

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 203,780 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople203,780100,486103,294
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–617,9799,2228,757
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+155,89480,43475,460
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.9%88.13%79.82%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople22,17810,79111,387
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,790892898
Total workersCensus workers70,72954,32416,405
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.71%54.06%15.88%
Main workersworked at least 6 months61,84249,12712,715
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,8875,1973,690
Non-workerspeople133,05146,16286,889

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22926; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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