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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803002

Kurnool population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Kurnool 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. 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.
Population457,633people
Households100,154PCA households
Literacy rate76.35%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.67%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople457,633228,148229,485
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–651,71026,78324,927
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+309,940166,071143,869
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.35%82.47%70.33%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople75,62236,75838,864
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,9632,4422,521
Total workersCensus workers172,409120,88751,522
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.67%52.99%22.45%
Main workersworked at least 6 months149,797109,98439,813
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months22,61210,90311,709
Non-workerspeople285,224107,261177,963

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23926, 23932; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 100,154 households and 457,633 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.3% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 82.47% for males and 70.33% for females.
  • Of 172,409 workers, 86.88% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,951347
Agricultural labourers10,7362,140
Household industry workers9,0582,680
Other workers128,05217,445

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
Kurnool (M Corp. + OG) (Part)55205258144,798
Kurnool (M Corp. + OG) (Part)55205259312,835

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 430,214 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople430,214213,747216,467
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–648,33024,99223,338
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+294,262156,678137,584
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.06%83.01%71.24%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople68,45233,08335,369
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople4,8012,3432,458
Total workersCensus workers160,522113,86746,655
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.31%53.27%21.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months139,573103,67535,898
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months20,94910,19210,757
Non-workerspeople269,69299,880169,812

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23927, 23933; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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