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Chirala 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 92,942 people
Households 24,655 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.58% % 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 92,942 45,747 47,195 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,837 4,482 4,355 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 66,724 35,210 31,514 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.33% 85.33% 73.56% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 19,076 9,295 9,781 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6,596 3,202 3,394 Total workersCensus workers 34,923 25,948 8,975 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.58% 56.72% 19.02% Main workersworked at least 6 months 31,393 24,197 7,196 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,530 1,751 1,779 Non-workerspeople 58,019 19,799 38,220
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 24,655 households and 92,942 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.51% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.33% for males and 73.56% for females. Of 34,923 workers, 89.89% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 486 37 Agricultural labourers 2,961 1,081 Household industry workers 1,425 282 Other workers 26,521 2,130
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 Chirala (M + OG) (Part) 549 05123 89,378 Chirala (M + OG) (Part) 549 05124 3,564
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.