Arcot is a Municipality city in district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Arcot city is divided into 30 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Arcot Municipality has population of 55,955 of which 27,782 are males while 28,173 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 5781 which is 10.33 % of total population of Arcot (M). In Arcot Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 1014 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Arcot is around 951 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Arcot city is 88.46 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Arcot, Male literacy is around 93.69 % while female literacy rate is 83.33 %.
Arcot Municipality has total administration over 13,605 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.
Arcot 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Arcot Municipality in 2024 is approximately
78,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Arcot city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Arcot city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Arcot town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Arcot Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Arcot (M).
Arcot Work Profile
Out of total population, 20,418 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 16,110 were males while 4,308 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 20418 working population, 94.37 % were engaged in Main Work while 5.63 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.