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Aranganur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Aranganur is a large village located in Mettur Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 1672 families residing. The Aranganur village has population of 6899 of which 3597 are males while 3302 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Aranganur village population of children with age 0-6 is 712 which makes up 10.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Aranganur village is 918 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Aranganur as per census is 940, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Aranganur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Aranganur village was 64.83 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Aranganur Male literacy stands at 71.33 % while female literacy rate was 57.73 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Aranganur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Aranganur village.

Aranganur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,672 - -
Population 6,899 3,597 3,302
Child (0-6) 712 367 345
Schedule Caste 2,916 1,521 1,395
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.83 % 71.33 % 57.73 %
Total Workers 3,226 2,192 1,034
Main Worker 3,028 - -
Marginal Worker 198 66 132

Caste Factor

In Aranganur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.27 % of total population in Aranganur village. The village Aranganur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Aranganur village out of total population, 3226 were engaged in work activities. 93.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3226 workers engaged in Main Work, 883 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 901 were Agricultural labourer.