Namagiripettai Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Namakkal, Tamil Nadu - Census 2011

Namagiripettai is a Town Panchayat city situated in Rasipuram taluka of Namakkal district. The Namagiripettai city is divided into 18 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 5,875 families residing in the Namagiripettai city. The total population of Namagiripettai is 21,250 out of which 10,704 are males and 10,546 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Namagiripettai is 985.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Namagiripettai city is 1748 which is 8% of the total population. There are 934 male children and 814 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Namagiripettai is 872 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (985).

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Namagiripettai is 72.5%. Thus Namagiripettai has lower literacy rate compared to 74.6% of Namakkal district. The male literacy rate is 79.95% and the female literacy rate is 65.03% in Namagiripettai.

Namagiripettai Town Panchayat has total administration over 5,875 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.

Namagiripettai Town Panchayat

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,748 934 814
Literacy 72.5% 73% 60%
Scheduled Caste 7,379 3,810 3,569
Scheduled Tribe 43 21 22
Illiterate 7,110 2,893 4,217

Caste-wise Population - Namagiripettai

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.2% of total population in Namagiripettai.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 7,379 3,810 3,569
Schedule Tribe 43 21 22

Religion-wise Population - Namagiripettai

As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Namagiripettai is 20,788 which is 97.83% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Namagiripettai is 368 which is 1.73% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Namagiripettai as per Census 2011.

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 20,788 (97.83%) 10,476 10,312
Muslim 368 (1.73%) 186 182
Christian 80 (0.38%) 34 46
Sikh 3 (0.01%) 2 1
Buddhist 0 (0%) 0 0
Jain 0 (0%) 0 0
Other Religion 2 (0.01%) 1 1
No Religion Specified 9 (0.04%) 5 4

Literacy Rate - Namagiripettai

The total literacy rate of Namagiripettai was 72.51% in 2011 which is less than average literacy rate 80.09% of Tamil Nadu. Population-wise, out of total 14,140 literates, males were 7,811 while females were 6,329. Also the male literacy rate was 79.95% and the female literacy rate was 65.03% in Namagiripettai.

  Namagiripettai Tamil Nadu
Female 65.03% 73.44%
Male 79.95% 86.77%
Total 72.51% 80.09%

Sex Ratio - Namagiripettai

The Sex Ratio of Namagiripettai is 985. Thus per every 1000 men there were 985 females in Namagiripettai. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 872 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 985 ) of Namagiripettai.

Child Population - Namagiripettai

According to Census 2011, there were 1,748 children between age 0 to 6 years in Namagiripettai. Out of which 934 were male while 814 were female.

Working Population - Namagiripettai

In Namagiripettai Town Panchayat out of total population, 11,841 were engaged in work activities. 95.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 11,841 workers engaged in Main Work, 1,467 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5,112 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 11,264 6,560 4,704
Cultivators 1,467 797 670
Agriculture Labourer 5,112 2,474 2,638
Household Industries 562 298 264
Other Workers 4,123 2,991 1,132
Marginal Workers 577 269 308
Non Working 9,409 3,875 5,534

Namagiripettai Wards

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Namagiripettai is further divided into 18 wards where elections are held every 5 years.

# Ward Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Ward No - 1 1,291 59.3% 936
2 Ward No - 2 1,183 73% 1,005
3 Ward No - 3 1,201 66.8% 982
4 Ward No - 4 1,174 60.5% 963
5 Ward No - 5 1,195 72.6% 962
6 Ward No - 6 1,491 56.5% 977
7 Ward No - 7 673 70.3% 997
8 Ward No - 8 1,448 62.3% 997
9 Ward No - 9 1,264 61.6% 1,052
10 Ward No - 10 1,842 56.6% 974
11 Ward No - 11 779 57.6% 982
12 Ward No - 12 852 77% 1,063
13 Ward No - 13 1,201 59.3% 940
14 Ward No - 14 1,387 73.4% 913
15 Ward No - 15 1,048 83.4% 1,096
16 Ward No - 16 1,070 85.9% 989
17 Ward No - 17 1,059 69.2% 1,017
18 Ward No - 18 1,092 67% 964

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