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Machilipatnam population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Andhra Pradesh, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 169,892 people
Households 46,164 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.43% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.15% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 169,892 83,594 86,298 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 14,713 7,588 7,125 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 127,917 65,135 62,782 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.43% 85.7% 79.3% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 13,029 6,455 6,574 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,303 1,625 1,678 Total workersCensus workers 64,814 47,027 17,787 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.15% 56.26% 20.61% Main workersworked at least 6 months 54,179 40,932 13,247 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 10,635 6,095 4,540 Non-workerspeople 105,078 36,567 68,511
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 46,164 households and 169,892 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.7% for males and 79.3% for females. Of 64,814 workers, 83.59% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 984 137 Agricultural labourers 6,916 2,205 Household industry workers 3,013 739 Other workers 43,266 7,554
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Machilipatnam (M) 547 05034 169,892
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.