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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802969

Vijayawada 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 2011Krishna 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 3 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population1,143,232people
Households305,621PCA households
Literacy rate81.3%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.01%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople1,143,232574,794568,438
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6111,67757,94853,729
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+838,629439,376399,253
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+81.3%85.01%77.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople120,29159,78360,508
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople19,6559,9879,668
Total workersCensus workers423,153323,32999,824
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.01%56.25%17.56%
Main workersworked at least 6 months371,089293,84177,248
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months52,06429,48822,576
Non-workerspeople720,079251,465468,614

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 23075, 23081, 23128; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 305,621 households and 1,143,232 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 85.01% and female literacy was 77.57%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 423,153 Census workers, 87.7% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3,6581,180
Agricultural labourers21,7034,580
Household industry workers9,9582,618
Other workers335,77043,686

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
Vijayawada (M Corp.) (Part)547050101,021,806
Vijayawada (M Corp. + OG) (Part)5470501198,499
Vijayawada (M Corp. + OG) (Part)5470502422,927

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