1. AREA AND POPULATION 1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SC’S, ST’S – SEXWISE BY BLOCKS AND

MUNICIPALITIES

Sl.

No

Name of the

Blocks/ Municipalities

Are

a (

sq

.km

)

Population

Literates

Pers

on

s

Ma

le

Fe

ma

le

Pers

on

s

Ma

le

Fe

ma

le

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Municipalities

1. Vellore 10.54 185803 91342 94461 143342 74338 69004

2. Arcot 7.51 55955 27782 28173 44382 23254 21128

3. Ranipet 8.19 50764 24278 26486 41117 20489 20628

4. Walajah 2.66 47498 23422 24076 35991 18882 17109

5. Arakkonam 9.06 78395 38810 39585 64133 33235 30898

6. Gudiyatham 4.79 91558 45135 46423 70921 37073 33848

7. Ambur 18.76 114608 56382 58226 87198 44847 42351

8. Vaniyambadi 8.98 95061 46992 48069 70696 36501 34195

9. Thirupattur 4.65 64125 31903 32222 48874 25546 23328

10. Pernambut 7.61 51271 25285 25986 35344 18634 16710

11. Dharapadavedu 14.24 38833 19063 19770 31835 16320 15515

12. Melvisharam 16.06 44786 22655 22131 32797 17709 15088

13. Sathuvachari 16.06 56951 28207 28744 46186 23863 22323

14. Jolarpet 13.06 29662 14596 15066 22079 11838 10241

Blocks

1 Vellore 121.25 407101 200609 206492 311021 162345 148676

2 Kaniyambadi 136.39 125666 62144 63522 93140 50176 42964

3 Anaicut 546.93 163343 81166 82177 107318 59149 48169

4 Gudiyattam 330.53 293813 146066 147747 209262 112924 96338

5 Pernambut 559.90 249951 123287 126664 167813 89664 78149

6 K.V.Kuppam 226.53 128679 63772 64907 90485 49412 41073

7 Katpadi 206.37 214673 108193 106480 164881 88950 75931

8 Wallajah 225.54 249080 122986 126094 186175 99086 87089

9 Sholingur 284.26 150802 75400 75402 104945 58268 46677

10 Arcot 260.32 206051 102515 103536 150764 81365 69399

11 Thimiri 352.33 139884 69819 70065 94583 52873 41710

12 Arakkonam 188.44 172570 86378 86192 130364 70360 60004

13 Nemili 298.30 153586 76496 77090 102546 57267 45279

14 Kaveripakkam 355.13 177870 89031 88839 117555 66380 51175

15 Tirupattur 373.92 202758 102374 100384 139497 76321 63176

16 Kandili 287.44 146890 74897 71993 95790 54144 41646

17 Natrampalli 229.36 92241 46433 45808 58749 32979 25770

18 Jolarpet 291.26 200722 101004 99718 131832 73520 58312

19 Alangayam 430.34 236158 118219 117939 155348 84000 71348

20 Madhanur 215.64 224493 110899 113594 161860 85172 76688

District Total 5920.18 3936331 1961688 1974643 2773928 1504355 1269573

Source: Census of India 2011

1.2.POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS

Sl.No

Industrial Category

District

Tamil Nadu

Persons

% to total

workers

Persons

% to total

workers

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1. Total Main Workers Cultivators

Agricultural Labours Household Industry Manufacturing, Processing, Servicing and Repairs Other Workers

1355681

153286 256040

106582 839773

80.47

9.10 15.20

6.33 49.84

27942181

4248457 9606547

1364893 17664784

85.0

12.9 29.2

4.2

53.7

2 3 4

Marginal Workers Total Workers Non Workers

329099

1684780 2236678

19.53

100.00 --

4942500

32884681 39262349

15.0

100 _

Total Population

3921458

_ 72147030

_

Source: Census of India 2011

1.3 POPULATION BY RELIGION

Sl. No

Religion

Persons in District

Rural Urban Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

1

Hindu

1033987

1026298

2060285

478067

478010

956077

1512054

1504908

3016962

2

Muslim

30280

29944

60224

145491

145056

290547

175771

175000

350771

3

Christian

22680

23294

45974

26827

29676

56503

49507

52970

102477

4

Sikh

112

82

194

186

155

341

298

237

535

5

Buddhist

60

52

112

138

130

268

198

182

380

6

Jain

155

173

328

1612

1549

3161

1767

1722

3489

7 Other Religions

53

38

91

113

93

206

166

131

297

8 Religions not stated

763

748

1511

559

336

895

1322

1084

2406

Source: Census of India 2001.

1.4 POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS

Sl.No Age Groups Persons in

Districts(in’00’)

Persons in Tamil

Nadu(in ‘00’)

Percent to total in

District Tamil Nadu

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1. 0-14

NOT AVAILABLE

2. 15-29

3. 30-44

4. 45-59

5. 60 and above

Total

Source: Census of India 2011.

1.5 POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT DECENNIAL GROWTH

Period (Subject to the

period of availability)

[2001]

Region

Population

[ 2011 Census]

Percentage Variation Since previous Census

(1) (2) (3) (4)

3477317 Total 3936331 13.20

2169319 Rural 2234344 3.00

1307998 Urban 1701987 30.12

Source: Census of India 2011.

1.6 SALIENT FEATURES 0F 2011 CENSUS -- BLOCK AND MUNICIPALITY WISE

Sl. No

Name of the Block/Municipality

Density per sq. km

Females per 1000 males

Increase in Population since 2001

in %

Urban/Rural Population

in %

Municipalities

1. Vellore 17628.37 1034.146 4.84 45.64

2. Arcot 7450.732 1014.074 12.02 27.44

3. Ranipet 6198.291 1090.947 7.45 20.38

4. Walajah 17856.39 1027.922 61.15 19.07

5. Arakkonam 8652.87 1019.969 -0.37 45.10

6. Gudiyatham 19114.41 1028.537 0.12 33.42

7. Ambur 6109.168 1032.705 15.04 51.05

8. Vaniyambadi 10585.86 1022.919 10.86 40.25

9. Thirupattur 13790.32 1009.999 5.34 31.63

10. Pernambut 6737.319 1027.724 N.A 20.51

11. Dharapadavedu 2727.037 1037.088

N.A. 18.09

12. Melvisharam 2788.667 976.8704

N.A. 21.96

13. Sathuvachari 3546.139 1019.038

N.A. 13.99

14. Jolarpet 2271.21 1032.201

N.A. 14.78

Blocks

1 Vellore 3357.53 1029.33 12.84 84.96/15.04

2 Kaniyambadi 921.37 1022.17 13.53 44.54/55.46

3 Anaicut 298.65 1012.46 12.67 24.34/75.66

4 Gudiyattam 888.91 1011.51 9.18 47.37/52.63

5 Pernambut 446.42 1027.39 17.02 36.93/63.07

6 K.V.Kuppam 568.04 1017.80 8.40 4.13/95.86

7 Katpadi 1040.23 984.17 28.36 64.12/35.88

8 Wallajah 1104.37 1025.27 17.36 62.44/37.56

9 Sholingur 530.51 1000.03 12.04 20.46/79.54

10 Arcot 791.53 1009.96 13.96 53.35/46.65

11 Thimiri 397.03 1003.52 8.10 24.02/75.98

12 Arakkonam 915.78 997.85 9.90 57.59/42.41

13 Nemili 514.87 1007.77 9.19 17.53/82.47

14 Kaveripakkam 500.86 997.84 12.72 15.07/84.93

15 Tirupattur 542.25 980.56 2.73 31.63/68.37

16 Kandili 511.03 961.23 12.41 10.00/90.00

17 Natrampalli 402.17 986.54 -2.18 11.26/88.74

18 Jolarpet 689.15 987.27 18.54 25.76/74.24

19 Alangayam 548.77 997.63 13.56 57.82/42.18

20 Madhanur 1041.05 1024.30 15.94 51.05/48.95

664.90 1006.60 12.77 42.90/57.10

Source: Census of India 2011

1.6 SALIENT FEATURES 0F 2011 CENSUS -- BLOCK AND MUNICIPALITY WISE

Sl. No

Name of the Block/Municipality

Literacy rate among

S.C. Population in %

S.T. Population in %

Male (%) Female (%)

Municipalities

1. Vellore 91.49 81.51 14.16 0.18

2. Arcot 93.69 83.33 10.31 0.15

3. Ranipet 94.36 86.22 34.30 0.04

4. Walajah 90.59 78.79 14.79 0.21

5. Arakkonam 95.46 86.18 27.10 1.11

6. Gudiyatham 91.77 80.81 16.80 0.10

7. Ambur 90.30 81.91 16.83 0.57

8. Vaniyambadi 89.31 81.07 15.15 0.09

9. Thirupattur 90.63 81.33 18.33 0.43

10. Pernambut 85.35 74.03 23.57 0.02

11. Dharapadavedu 94.42 86.15 13.70 0.18

12. Melvisharam 89.53 77.39 8.99 0.03

13. Sathuvachari 94.10 85.61 10.07 0.14

14. Jolarpet 91.12 75.73 17.89 1.79

Blocks

1 Vellore 90.86 80.21 17.46 0.46

2 Kaniyambadi 90.03 74.89 17.67 0.91

3 Anaicut 82.51 65.80 23.37 7.85

4 Gudiyattam 86.79 72.52 24.16 0.49

5 Pernambut 83.06 69.76 34.59 1.01

6 K.V.Kuppam 86.76 70.35 27.11 0.58

7 Katpadi 91.06 78.78 15.68 0.77

8 Wallajah 90.55 76.85 19.90 0.35

9 Sholingur 86.89 68.97 16.85 0.77

10 Arcot 89.56 75.04 17.11 0.32

11 Thimiri 84.94 66.31 27.06 1.08

12 Arakkonam 91.02 77.33 28.32 1.68

13 Nemili 84.30 65.65 28.89 1.46

14 Kaveripakkam 84.19 64.61 28.43 1.48

15 Tirupattur 84.67 70.76 24.28 1.04

16 Kandili 82.21 65.25 17.54 2.50

17 Natrampalli 80.42 63.21 15.89 0.19

18 Jolarpet 82.58 65.80 12.39 2.43

19 Alangayam 81.66 68.83 16.14 9.85

20 Madhanur 86.90 75.76 25.93 2.10

Source: Census of India 2011