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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802964

Bhimavaram 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.
Population146,961people
Households39,174PCA households
Literacy rate83.21%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.04%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople146,96172,44174,520
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–613,1376,6686,469
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+111,35657,01654,340
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.21%86.69%79.85%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople14,7587,1047,654
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,539768771
Total workersCensus workers52,97241,78811,184
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.04%57.69%15.01%
Main workersworked at least 6 months47,05838,2028,856
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,9143,5862,328
Non-workerspeople93,98930,65363,336

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22983; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 39,174 households and 146,961 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.94% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.69% for males and 79.85% for females.
  • Of 52,972 workers, 88.84% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,85653
Agricultural labourers8,1613,068
Household industry workers770216
Other workers36,2712,577

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Bhimavaram (M + OG)54604984146,961

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 142,184 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople142,18470,04472,140
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,7496,4756,274
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+107,49555,02952,466
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.05%86.57%79.66%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople14,6387,0427,596
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,539768771
Total workersCensus workers51,33840,40210,936
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.11%57.68%15.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months45,48136,8548,627
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,8573,5482,309
Non-workerspeople90,84629,64261,204

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22984; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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