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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802911

Karimnagar 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. The town total is our sum of 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population289,821people
Households69,634PCA households
Literacy rate84.48%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.2%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople289,821146,145143,676
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–629,21715,04514,172
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+220,154118,428101,726
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.48%90.33%78.55%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople28,19614,18814,008
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,2822,7172,565
Total workersCensus workers99,11576,01623,099
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.2%52.01%16.08%
Main workersworked at least 6 months89,09870,44418,654
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months10,0175,5724,445
Non-workerspeople190,70670,129120,577

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 20994, 21029; 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 69,634 households and 289,821 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.08% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.33% and female literacy was 78.55%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 99,115 Census workers, 89.89% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,475229
Agricultural labourers3,622767
Household industry workers3,054855
Other workers80,9478,166

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
Karimnagar (M Corp. + OG) (Part)53404428283,657
Karimnagar (M Corp. + OG) (Part)534044386,164

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