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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802991

Nellore population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 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.
Population547,621people
Households130,192PCA households
Literacy rate82.99%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.5%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople547,621278,787268,834
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–650,30626,00824,298
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+412,731221,150191,581
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+82.99%87.49%78.34%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople69,66634,84634,820
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople23,50511,97911,526
Total workersCensus workers177,964144,14233,822
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.5%51.7%12.58%
Main workersworked at least 6 months161,270133,59627,674
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months16,69410,5466,148
Non-workerspeople369,657134,645235,012

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23638; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 130,192 households and 547,621 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.19% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.49% for males and 78.34% for females.
  • Of 177,964 workers, 90.62% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,752421
Agricultural labourers6,1821,603
Household industry workers5,1901,142
Other workers147,14613,528

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
Nellore (M Corp. + OG)55005177547,621

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 499,575 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople499,575255,088244,487
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–644,89723,26521,632
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+382,386205,244177,142
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.1%88.53%79.49%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople60,94730,52930,418
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople19,0009,7209,280
Total workersCensus workers159,395130,27329,122
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.91%51.07%11.91%
Main workersworked at least 6 months145,092121,03924,053
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,3039,2345,069
Non-workerspeople340,180124,815215,365

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23639; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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