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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802948

Bheemunipatnam 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.
Population55,082people
Households13,156PCA households
Literacy rate77.11%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.31%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople55,08226,46628,616
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,4552,7982,657
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+38,26919,52618,743
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.11%82.5%72.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,2692,5532,716
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople319138181
Total workersCensus workers17,24613,9393,307
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.31%52.67%11.56%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,69812,2622,436
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,5481,677871
Non-workerspeople37,83612,52725,309

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 22569; 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 13,156 households and 55,082 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.9% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 82.5% and female literacy was 72.2%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 17,246 Census workers, 85.23% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators11278
Agricultural labourers266394
Household industry workers410238
Other workers13,9101,838

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
Bheemunipatnam (M + OG)5440486555,082

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 52,110 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople52,11025,19926,911
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,2032,6762,527
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+36,15418,61017,544
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.08%82.63%71.95%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,1982,5352,663
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople254113141
Total workersCensus workers16,46713,3723,095
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.6%53.07%11.5%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,27711,9372,340
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1901,435755
Non-workerspeople35,64311,82723,816

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22570; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks