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Census town · Census 2011 · code 589981

Vaddeswaram population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Andhra Pradesh, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and geography.

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011Guntur district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population6,275people
Households1,534PCA households
Literacy rate70.32%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.73%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,2753,0873,188
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6598287311
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,9922,0571,935
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+70.32%73.46%67.26%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,739867872
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople713932
Total workersCensus workers2,4301,743687
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.73%56.46%21.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,3361,717619
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months942668
Non-workerspeople3,8451,3442,501

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23226; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 1,534 households and 6,275 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.53% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 73.46% and female literacy was 67.26%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 2,430 Census workers, 96.13% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators441
Agricultural labourers85450
Household industry workers123
Other workers1,42640

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

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Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Vaddeswaram (CT)548050546,275

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.