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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802902

Mancherial 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.

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.
Population89,935people
Households22,277PCA households
Literacy rate76.73%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.43%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople89,93545,53444,401
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,9854,6894,296
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+62,11434,19727,917
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.73%83.72%69.61%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,8475,4115,436
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,433724709
Total workersCensus workers30,06523,6426,423
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.43%51.92%14.47%
Main workersworked at least 6 months26,53221,7534,779
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,5331,8891,644
Non-workerspeople59,87021,89237,978

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 20742; 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 22,277 households and 89,935 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.99% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 83.72% and female literacy was 69.61%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 30,065 Census workers, 88.25% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators37157
Agricultural labourers1,715753
Household industry workers606231
Other workers23,8402,492

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
Mancherial (M + OG)5320435489,935

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

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 86,911 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople86,91144,01142,900
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,7174,5454,172
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+60,44233,24627,196
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.3%84.24%70.22%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,1215,0545,067
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,410714696
Total workersCensus workers28,92322,8866,037
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.28%52%14.07%
Main workersworked at least 6 months25,74321,1234,620
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,1801,7631,417
Non-workerspeople57,98821,12536,863

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 20743; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks