District of Tamil Nadu

Karur: 10.6 lakh people, one story

People
10,64,493
Area
2,904 km²
Literacy
75.60%
Sex ratio
1,015
Lowest in Tamil NaduScheduled Tribes: 0.1 % of people. Rank 32 of 32.See the numbers →Big number10.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 367 to every km².See the numbers →

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KarurTamil Nadu

The history, places and schemes of Karur are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Karur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population10.6 lakh#29/32 in Tamil Nadu
Area2,904 km²#24/32 in Tamil Nadu
Population density367 per km²#24/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 555
Sex ratio1,015 females per 1000 males#8/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)939 girls per 1000 boys#21/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 943
Literacy rate75.60%#23/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 80.09
Female literacy66.86%#23/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 73.44
Urban population40.8%#17/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 48.4

People & society

75.6% can read. 1,015 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
84.586.8
Female literacy
66.973.4
Scheduled Castes
20.820.0
Scheduled Tribes
0.11.1
Living in towns
40.848.4

Gender literacy gap: 17.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 93.3%
  • Muslim 5.0%
  • Christian 1.5%

    Sectors at a glance

    53 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.4 lakh workers, 51.0% of all people

    This district
    Tamil Nadu
    • Cultivators 15.8%
    • Farm labourers 37.0%
    • Household industry 2.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 45.1%

      Schemes & development

      Only 73% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      72.774.5
      Latrine at home
      32.638.5
      Tap water
      68.663.7
      LPG / PNG
      37.238.3
      Phone
      57.859.8
      Television
      68.669.4
      Bicycle
      42.236.1
      Two-wheeler
      32.125.8

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.