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Town · Census 2011 · code 802947

GVMC 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 town total is our sum of 7 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population1,728,128people
Households439,335PCA households
Literacy rate81.79%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.43%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,728,128873,599854,529
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6164,12984,29879,831
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+1,279,137688,678590,459
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.79%87.25%76.22%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople146,72473,12073,604
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople20,95910,84510,114
Total workersCensus workers612,221489,759122,462
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.43%56.06%14.33%
Main workersworked at least 6 months521,928433,10988,819
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months90,29356,65033,643
Non-workerspeople1,115,907383,840732,067

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 22554, 22558, 22574, 22578, 22582, 22586, 22590; 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 439,335 households and 1,728,128 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.5% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87.25% and female literacy was 76.22%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 612,221 Census workers, 85.25% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators4,2022,764
Agricultural labourers9,8483,839
Household industry workers13,5384,854
Other workers494,34078,836

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
GVMC (Part)544048614,621
GVMC (Part)54404862114,270
GVMC (Part)54404866260,192
GVMC (Part)54404867977,771
GVMC (Part)5440486895,291
GVMC (Part)54404869250,423
GVMC (Part)5440487025,560

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