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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802963

Tanuku 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.
Population77,962people
Households20,909PCA households
Literacy rate85.51%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.84%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople77,96238,32539,637
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,8823,4383,444
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+60,77930,95929,820
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.51%88.74%82.39%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,7033,6954,008
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople810391419
Total workersCensus workers27,94122,3705,571
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.84%58.37%14.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months26,42321,5744,849
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,518796722
Non-workerspeople50,02115,95534,066

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22945; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 20,909 households and 77,962 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.83% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.74% for males and 82.39% for females.
  • Of 27,941 workers, 94.57% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators71511
Agricultural labourers5,860693
Household industry workers39642
Other workers19,452772

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Tanuku (M + OG)5460497277,962

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 72,348 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople72,34835,49536,853
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,4373,2113,226
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+56,14728,54427,603
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.19%88.42%82.09%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,1093,3973,712
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople805389416
Total workersCensus workers25,98020,7145,266
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.91%58.36%14.29%
Main workersworked at least 6 months24,48119,9274,554
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,499787712
Non-workerspeople46,36814,78131,587

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22946; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks