Prakasam is a district located in Andhra Pradesh state of India. There are total 56 blocks which comes under Prakasam district, and there are total 1081 villages and 12 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Prakasam district is 549 and number of houses in this district is 754483.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 2977164. Out of total 2977164, male population count is 1504662, where as female population count is 1472502 in Prakasam.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 336177 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 336177 children 174128 are boys and 162049 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Prakasam district is 53%. 1602817 out of total 2977164 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 62% and 944985 males are literate out of total 1504662 male population, where as female literacy rate is 55% and 657832 out of total 1472502 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Prakasam district is 46%. 1374347 out of total 2977164 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 37% and 559677 males are illiterate out of total 1504662 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 55% and 814670 out of total 1472502 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Prakasam district is 1550450 and non-working population is 1426714 and out of 1550450 working population 261508 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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