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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803004

Nandyal 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.
Population211,424people
Households47,144PCA households
Literacy rate76.29%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.79%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople211,424105,826105,598
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–623,17112,10911,062
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+143,61178,33465,277
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.29%83.59%69.05%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople24,77112,05512,716
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,7501,8781,872
Total workersCensus workers79,89857,09322,805
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.79%53.95%21.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months70,37752,80717,570
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,5214,2865,235
Non-workerspeople131,52648,73382,793

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 24013; 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 47,144 households and 211,424 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.96% 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 69.05%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 79,898 Census workers, 88.08% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,389249
Agricultural labourers7,9091,412
Household industry workers3,603694
Other workers57,4767,166

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
Nandyal (M + OG)55205284211,424

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 200,516 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople200,516100,52899,988
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–622,13211,53310,599
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+135,95574,31461,641
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+76.21%83.5%68.96%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople23,58911,44312,146
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople3,2731,6431,630
Total workersCensus workers75,92754,61621,311
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.87%54.33%21.31%
Main workersworked at least 6 months67,04250,52116,521
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months8,8854,0954,790
Non-workerspeople124,58945,91278,677

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 24014; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks