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Municipal corporation · Census 2011 · code 802690

Amravati population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

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.
Population647,057people
Households136,796PCA households
Literacy rate92.07%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.23%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople647,057329,992317,065
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–665,35534,01731,338
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+535,594278,897256,697
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.07%94.23%89.84%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople111,43556,38055,055
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople15,9558,2617,694
Total workersCensus workers208,536170,94137,595
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.23%51.8%11.86%
Main workersworked at least 6 months189,628157,96731,661
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months18,90812,9745,934
Non-workerspeople438,521159,051279,470

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 19127; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 136,796 households and 647,057 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.1% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.23% and female literacy was 89.84%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 208,536 Census workers, 90.93% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3,048341
Agricultural labourers10,4201,356
Household industry workers5,7731,003
Other workers170,38716,208

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.

Using the profile in research

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

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
Amravati (M Corp.)50304009647,057

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