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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802981

Guntur 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.
Population670,073people
Households169,007PCA households
Literacy rate80.02%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.58%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople670,073331,435338,638
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–666,12433,92332,201
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+483,261254,018229,243
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.02%85.38%74.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople75,58436,81838,766
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople14,7167,3927,324
Total workersCensus workers251,811188,57863,233
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.58%56.9%18.67%
Main workersworked at least 6 months230,864178,00552,859
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months20,94710,57310,374
Non-workerspeople418,262142,857275,405

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23297; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 169,007 households and 670,073 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.87% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.38% for males and 74.81% for females.
  • Of 251,811 workers, 91.68% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,147253
Agricultural labourers12,4132,793
Household industry workers6,5141,220
Other workers209,79016,681

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
Guntur (M Corp. + OG)54805074670,073

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 647,508 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople647,508320,720326,788
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–663,87732,74031,137
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+469,263246,906222,357
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.4%85.74%75.21%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople71,52534,85536,670
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople14,0477,0377,010
Total workersCensus workers241,662182,27159,391
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.32%56.83%18.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months221,795172,19049,605
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months19,86710,0819,786
Non-workerspeople405,846138,449267,397

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23298; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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