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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802995

Proddatur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Y.S.R. 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.
Population163,970people
Households38,345PCA households
Literacy rate77.69%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.72%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople163,97081,87482,096
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,8138,7058,108
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+114,31962,96351,356
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.69%86.05%69.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,7827,8307,952
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople970461509
Total workersCensus workers58,56945,84912,720
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.72%56%15.49%
Main workersworked at least 6 months53,74343,51510,228
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,8262,3342,492
Non-workerspeople105,40136,02569,376

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23771; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 38,345 households and 163,970 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.25% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.05% for males and 69.41% for females.
  • Of 58,569 workers, 91.76% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,044109
Agricultural labourers1,990540
Household industry workers3,211670
Other workers47,4983,507

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
Proddatur (M + OG)55105214163,970

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 162,717 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople162,71781,25581,462
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,6538,6258,028
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+113,45062,48250,968
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.67%86.03%69.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople15,0987,4967,602
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople970461509
Total workersCensus workers58,00645,48012,526
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.65%55.97%15.38%
Main workersworked at least 6 months53,18143,14610,035
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,8252,3342,491
Non-workerspeople104,71135,77568,936

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23772; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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