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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802942

Srikakulam 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.
Population137,944people
Households34,675PCA households
Literacy rate84.73%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.43%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople137,94468,45769,487
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–612,6126,5496,063
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+106,20056,16850,032
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.73%90.73%78.88%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople13,0636,3636,700
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,269855414
Total workersCensus workers46,11636,6259,491
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.43%53.5%13.66%
Main workersworked at least 6 months41,58433,9387,646
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,5322,6871,845
Non-workerspeople91,82831,83259,996

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 22346, 22361; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 34,675 households and 137,944 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.14% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 90.73% and female literacy was 78.88%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 46,116 Census workers, 90.17% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators42440
Agricultural labourers1,237599
Household industry workers1,208222
Other workers38,7153,671

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
Srikakulam (M + OG) (Part)54204802135,367
Srikakulam (M + OG) (Part)542048062,577

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