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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802981

Guntur 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.
Population670,073people
Households169,007PCA households
Literacy rate80.02%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.58%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople670,073331,435338,638
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–666,12433,92332,201
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+483,261254,018229,243
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.02%85.38%74.81%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople75,58436,81838,766
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople14,7167,3927,324
Total workersCensus workers251,811188,57863,233
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.58%56.9%18.67%
Main workersworked at least 6 months230,864178,00552,859
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months20,94710,57310,374
Non-workerspeople418,262142,857275,405

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 23297; 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 169,007 households and 670,073 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.87% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 85.38% and female literacy was 74.81%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 251,811 Census workers, 91.68% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,147253
Agricultural labourers12,4132,793
Household industry workers6,5141,220
Other workers209,79016,681

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
Guntur (M Corp. + OG)54805074670,073

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 647,508 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople647,508320,720326,788
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–663,87732,74031,137
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+469,263246,906222,357
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.4%85.74%75.21%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople71,52534,85536,670
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople14,0477,0377,010
Total workersCensus workers241,662182,27159,391
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.32%56.83%18.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months221,795172,19049,605
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months19,86710,0819,786
Non-workerspeople405,846138,449267,397

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 23298; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks