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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803019

Chittoor population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Chittoor 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.
Population160,722people
Households41,000PCA households
Literacy rate85.29%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.67%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople160,72280,06080,662
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–615,0437,8707,173
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+124,25165,30458,947
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.29%90.46%80.21%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,85112,31812,533
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,273651622
Total workersCensus workers55,72243,61112,111
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.67%54.47%15.01%
Main workersworked at least 6 months49,47039,5029,968
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,2524,1092,143
Non-workerspeople105,00036,44968,551

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24478; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 41,000 households and 160,722 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.36% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.46% for males and 80.21% for females.
  • Of 55,722 workers, 88.78% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators60361
Agricultural labourers1,017306
Household industry workers973384
Other workers46,8775,501

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
Chittoor (M + OG)55405421160,722

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 153,756 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople153,75676,59177,165
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,3467,4826,864
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+119,48562,70756,778
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.71%90.74%80.76%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,51511,66311,852
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,062535527
Total workersCensus workers52,77341,63411,139
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.32%54.36%14.44%
Main workersworked at least 6 months46,76137,6299,132
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,0124,0052,007
Non-workerspeople100,98334,95766,026

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24479; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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