Prakasam District Population, Andhra Pradesh - Census India 2011

Prakasam is one of district of Andhra Pradesh in India. There are 56 Mandals, 1,081 villages and 17 towns in Prakasam district.

As per the Census India 2011, Prakasam district has 860,463 households, population of 3,397,448 of which 1,714,764 are males and 1,682,684 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 378,261 which is 11.13% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Prakasam district is around 981 compared to 993 which is average of Andhra Pradesh state. The literacy rate of Prakasam district is 56.05% out of which 64.6% males are literate and 47.35% females are literate. The total area of Prakasam is 17,626 sq.km with population density of 193 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 80.44% of population lives in Urban area and 19.56% lives in Rural area. There are 23.19% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.45% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Prakasam district.

Prakasam Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	3,397,448	100%
Hindu	3,150,195	92.72%
Muslim	220,654	6.49%
Christian	18,775	0.55%
Religion not stated	7,051	0.21%
Sikh	266	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	206	0.01%
Jain	204	0.01%
Buddhist	97	0%

Prakasam Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	269	17,357
Number of households	168,650	691,813
Total Population	664,582	2,732,866
Population (%)	49.97%	49.41%
Male Population	332,123	1,382,641
Female Population	332,459	1,350,225
Sex Ratio	1001	977
Literacy (%)	70.5%	52.54%

List of Mandals in Prakasam

Check out complete list of all Mandals of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh

Prakasam Population Facts

Number of Households	860,463
Population	3,397,448
Male Population	1,714,764 (50.47%)
Female Population	1,682,684 (49.53%)
Children Population	378,261
Area	17,626 km2
Population density/km2	193
Sex-ratio	981
Literacy	56.05%
Male Literacy	64.6%
Female Literacy	47.35%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	4.45%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	23.19%