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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802955

Kakinada 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.

Andhra Pradesh · Census 2011East Godavari district
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.
Population384,182people
Households101,543PCA households
Literacy rate79.95%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.32%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople384,182188,308195,874
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–637,30818,86418,444
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+277,343141,643135,700
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.95%83.59%76.48%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople33,29515,65617,639
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,9221,008914
Total workersCensus workers131,842106,79125,051
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.32%56.71%12.79%
Main workersworked at least 6 months114,38495,52918,855
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months17,45811,2626,196
Non-workerspeople252,34081,517170,823

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 22746, 22750; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 101,543 households and 384,182 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.71% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 83.59% and female literacy was 76.48%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 131,842 Census workers, 86.76% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,227194
Agricultural labourers5,8621,454
Household industry workers1,985693
Other workers105,31015,117

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.

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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
Kakinada (M Corp. + OG) (Part)5450491371,644
Kakinada (M Corp. + OG) (Part)54504914312,538

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