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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802954

Pithapuram 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.
Population54,859people
Households15,175PCA households
Literacy rate74.7%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.85%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople54,85927,16327,696
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,3612,7382,623
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+36,97619,22417,752
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+74.7%78.71%70.8%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,7624,8384,924
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople494251243
Total workersCensus workers19,66915,4884,181
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.85%57.02%15.1%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,59013,6432,947
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,0791,8451,234
Non-workerspeople35,19011,67523,515

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 22735; 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 15,175 households and 54,859 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.77% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 78.71% and female literacy was 70.8%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 19,669 Census workers, 84.35% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators54736
Agricultural labourers6,0791,559
Household industry workers422145
Other workers9,5421,339

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
Pithapuram (M + OG)5450491154,859

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 52,360 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople52,36025,89126,469
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,1162,6142,502
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+35,43418,39217,042
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+75%79.01%71.11%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,2514,5674,684
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople494251243
Total workersCensus workers18,61014,6863,924
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.54%56.72%14.82%
Main workersworked at least 6 months15,64012,8942,746
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,9701,7921,178
Non-workerspeople33,75011,20522,545

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 22736; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks