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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802979

Narasaraopet population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Guntur 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.
Population117,489people
Households28,186PCA households
Literacy rate79.46%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.32%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople117,48959,42458,065
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,1345,7315,403
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+84,50546,22138,284
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.46%86.08%72.7%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,6605,3985,262
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,0181,5841,434
Total workersCensus workers40,31831,5058,813
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.32%53.02%15.18%
Main workersworked at least 6 months37,97030,5157,455
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3489901,358
Non-workerspeople77,17127,91949,252

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23273; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 28,186 households and 117,489 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.48% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.08% for males and 72.7% for females.
  • Of 40,318 workers, 94.18% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators63627
Agricultural labourers3,800950
Household industry workers70575
Other workers32,8291,296

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
Narasaraopet (M + OG)54805067117,489

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 116,250 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople116,25058,80957,441
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–611,0315,6885,343
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+83,74545,79037,955
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.59%86.2%72.85%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,4585,2915,167
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople2,9401,5411,399
Total workersCensus workers39,78531,1508,635
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.22%52.97%15.03%
Main workersworked at least 6 months37,44830,1627,286
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3379881,349
Non-workerspeople76,46527,65948,806

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23274; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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