Overview
Arakonam is a Municipality city in district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Arakonam city is divided into 36 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Arakonam Municipality has population of 78,395 of which 38,810 are males while 39,585 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 7727 which is 9.86 % of total population of Arakonam (M). In Arakonam Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 1020 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Arakonam is around 934 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Arakonam city is 90.75 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Arakonam, Male literacy is around 95.46 % while female literacy rate is 86.18 %.
Arakonam Municipality has total administration over 19,507 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Arakonam Caste Factor
Arakonam (M) of Vellore has substantial population of Schedule Caste.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.11 % of total population in Arakonam (M).
Arakonam Work Profile
Out of total population, 26,029 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 21,313 were males while 4,716 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 26029 working population, 87.66 % were engaged in Main Work while 12.34 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Arakonam 2021 Population
The next census for Arakonam Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2021 are estimates only.