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Markapur Population - Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh

Markapur is a medium size village located in Markapur Mandal of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh with total 373 families residing. The Markapur village has population of 1481 of which 768 are males while 713 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Markapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 12.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Markapur village is 928 which is lower than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Markapur as per census is 845, lower than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.

Markapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Markapur village was 62.21 % compared to 67.02 % of Andhra Pradesh. In Markapur Male literacy stands at 74.81 % while female literacy rate was 48.81 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Markapur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Markapur village.

Markapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 373 - -
Population 1,481 768 713
Child (0-6) 179 97 82
Schedule Caste 387 201 186
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.21 % 74.81 % 48.81 %
Total Workers 833 430 403
Main Worker 583 - -
Marginal Worker 250 52 198

Caste Factor

Markapur village of Prakasam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.13 % of total population in Markapur village. The village Markapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Markapur village out of total population, 833 were engaged in work activities. 69.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 833 workers engaged in Main Work, 234 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 306 were Agricultural labourer.