Arani Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu - Census 2011

Arani is a Town Panchayat city situated in Ponneri taluka of Thiruvallur district. The Arani city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 3,328 families residing in the Arani city. The total population of Arani is 12,833 out of which 6,392 are males and 6,441 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Arani is 1,008.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Arani city is 1372 which is 11% of the total population. There are 678 male children and 694 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Arani is 1,024 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (1,008).

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Arani is 80.6%. Thus Arani has lower literacy rate compared to 84% of Thiruvallur district. The male literacy rate is 88.66% and the female literacy rate is 72.63% in Arani.

Arani Town Panchayat has total administration over 3,328 houses to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Arani Town Panchayat

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Arani Town Panchayat.

Total Male Female
Children 1,372 678 694
Literacy 80.6% 79.3% 64.8%
Scheduled Caste 2,020 985 1,035
Scheduled Tribe 370 193 177
Illiterate 3,593 1,326 2,267

Caste-wise Population - Arani

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.9% of total population in Arani.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 2,020 985 1,035
Schedule Tribe 370 193 177

Religion-wise Population - Arani

As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Arani is 12,035 which is 93.78% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Arani is 553 which is 4.31% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Arani as per Census 2011.

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 12,035 (93.78%) 6,012 6,023
Muslim 553 (4.31%) 264 289
Christian 210 (1.64%) 101 109
Sikh 0 (0%) 0 0
Buddhist 0 (0%) 0 0
Jain 0 (0%) 0 0
Other Religion 1 (0.01%) 0 1
No Religion Specified 34 (0.26%) 15 19

Literacy Rate - Arani

The total literacy rate of Arani was 80.62% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 80.09% of Tamil Nadu. Population-wise, out of total 9,240 literates, males were 5,066 while females were 4,174. Also the male literacy rate was 88.66% and the female literacy rate was 72.63% in Arani.

  Arani Tamil Nadu
Female 72.63% 73.44%
Male 88.66% 86.77%
Total 80.62% 80.09%

Sex Ratio - Arani

The Sex Ratio of Arani is 1,008. Thus per every 1000 men there were 1,008 females in Arani. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 1,024 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 1,008 ) of Arani.

Child Population - Arani

According to Census 2011, there were 1,372 children between age 0 to 6 years in Arani. Out of which 678 were male while 694 were female.

Working Population - Arani

In Arani Town Panchayat out of total population, 5,661 were engaged in work activities. 89% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5,661 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 789 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 5,041 3,665 1,376
Cultivators 74 53 21
Agriculture Labourer 789 417 372
Household Industries 451 306 145
Other Workers 3,727 2,889 838
Marginal Workers 620 325 295
Non Working 7,172 2,402 4,770

Arani Wards

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Arani is further divided into 15 wards where elections are held every 5 years.

# Ward Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Ward No - 1 813 74.7% 1,069
2 Ward No - 2 1,260 70.6% 921
3 Ward No - 3 625 54.7% 972
4 Ward No - 4 983 64% 1,056
5 Ward No - 5 938 74.6% 975
6 Ward No - 6 781 79.6% 1,050
7 Ward No - 7 1,149 74.4% 1,052
8 Ward No - 8 727 80.7% 1,019
9 Ward No - 9 1,156 78.8% 1,057
10 Ward No - 10 1,254 62.2% 1,000
11 Ward No - 11 982 81.1% 988
12 Ward No - 12 312 76.9% 1,245
13 Ward No - 13 720 72.9% 951
14 Ward No - 14 681 60.1% 980
15 Ward No - 15 452 77% 907

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