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Municipal corporation · final Census 2011

Visakhapatnam population.
Census 2011 urban profile.

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Final Census 2011 count17.28 lakh17,28,128 people · municipal corporationOriginal Census A-04(I) table ↗
This boundary matters. Visakhapatnam is a municipal-corporation entry in this ranking. The workbook records mergers of Gajuwaka, Vepagunta, Madhuravada and other units into Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation; retain this recorded corporation boundary when comparing historical figures.

The original urban-unit count by sex

Census 2011 unitPeopleMalesFemales
Visakhapatnam @ · Municipal corporation17,28,1288,73,5998,54,529

Official A-04(I) table · Census 2011 A-04(I), sheet 'CLASS I', source rank 24; main-unit heading row 4881; 2011 row 4892, G4892 (Persons), J4892 (Males), K4892 (Females).. Published source sex classifications are retained.

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GVMC has a separate Primary Census Abstract profile, including households, children, literacy, social categories and worker details. Its count is 1,728,128 people in 2011. Use its source-defined boundary; it is not a replacement for the urban unit displayed above.

PCA town code 802947 · Town. Original PCA source.

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The population in context

The official Class I urban table records 17,28,128 people for Visakhapatnam @ in 2011. It ranks 24 among the main urban agglomeration and standalone-city totals in that table. We keep the main total and do not add its constituent places again.

The source classifies this unit as municipal corporation. The figure belongs to the 2011 boundary and reference year. It should not be relabelled as Visakhapatnam’s population today.

Source rank24
Geographic unitMunicipal corporation
State / UT connection todayAndhra Pradesh
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