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Ongole 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 208,344 people
Households 52,667 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.86% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.93% % 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 208,344 104,646 103,698 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 20,222 10,494 9,728 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 155,886 83,390 72,496 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.86% 88.57% 77.15% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 29,956 14,981 14,975 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 5,684 2,862 2,822 Total workersCensus workers 72,767 57,167 15,600 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.93% 54.63% 15.04% Main workersworked at least 6 months 68,233 54,655 13,578 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,534 2,512 2,022 Non-workerspeople 135,577 47,479 88,098
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 52,667 households and 208,344 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.71% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.57% for males and 77.15% for females. Of 72,767 workers, 93.77% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,144 65 Agricultural labourers 3,101 406 Household industry workers 1,078 266 Other workers 62,910 3,797
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 Ongole (M + OG) (Part) 549 05138 3,598 Ongole (M + OG) (Part) 549 05139 204,746
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.