Sivaganga taluk

Sivaganga taluk is a taluk of Sivagangai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sivaganga.

There are 5 revenue circles and 67 revenue villages under this taluk.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sivaganga had a population of 288,674 with 142,979 males and 145,695 females, with 74,167 families total. For the total population there were 1,019 females for every 1,000 males, and for children under 7 there were 949 females for every 1,000 males. The population below 7 years of age were 15,523 males and 14,730 females.[2]

Around 16% of the total population, or 46,263 people including 4,444 under 7 years, lived in urban areas while the remaining 84% (242,411 people including 25,809 under 7 years) lived in rural areas.[2]

The taluk had a literacy rate of 79.06%.[2]

Religious Distribution[2]
Religion Total Percentage Male Female
Hindu 258,908 89.69% 128,457 130,451
Christian 21,580 7.48% 10,466 11,114
Muslim 7,770 2.69% 3,863 3,907
Sikh 35 0.01% 20 15
Buddhist 21 0.01% 13 8
Jain 8 <0.01% 2 6
Other 8 <0.01% 3 5
None Specified 344 0.12% 155 189
Working Population[2]
Job Total Male Female
Main Work[a] 103,663 65,681 37,982
Agriculture Laborer 35,920 18,293 17,627
Cultivators 27,989 17,737 10,252
Household Industries 1,505 837 668
Other Workers 38,249 28,814 9,435
Marginal Workers[b] 32,581 16,658 15,923
Non-Working 152,430 60,640 91,790

Notes

  1. ↑ Employment/Earning for more than 6 months
  2. ↑ Employment/Earning for less than 6 months

References

  1. ↑ "Revenue Administration". sivaganga.nic.in. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sivaganga Taluka Population, Caste, Religion Data - Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.


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