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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803014

Tirupati 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 2011Chittoor 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.
Population295,323people
Households73,113PCA households
Literacy rate86.72%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.32%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople295,323150,125145,198
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–627,09414,16312,931
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+232,607124,609107,998
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.72%91.65%81.65%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople29,55414,96014,594
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,1853,3042,881
Total workersCensus workers98,40076,79921,601
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.32%51.16%14.88%
Main workersworked at least 6 months92,39873,37219,026
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,0023,4272,575
Non-workerspeople196,92373,326123,597

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 24321, 24352; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 73,113 households and 295,323 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.17% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.65% and female literacy was 81.65%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 98,400 Census workers, 93.9% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators674147
Agricultural labourers1,471417
Household industry workers1,735287
Other workers88,5185,151

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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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
Tirupati (M Corp. + OG) (Part)554053751,902
Tirupati (M Corp. + OG) (Part)55405383293,421

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