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Gonur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Gonur is a large village located in Mettur Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 5011 families residing. The Gonur village has population of 18766 of which 10061 are males while 8705 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gonur village population of children with age 0-6 is 1864 which makes up 9.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gonur village is 865 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Gonur as per census is 840, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Gonur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Gonur village was 71.79 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Gonur Male literacy stands at 80.47 % while female literacy rate was 61.79 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gonur 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 Gonur village.

Gonur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 5,011 - -
Population 18,766 10,061 8,705
Child (0-6) 1,864 1,013 851
Schedule Caste 1,751 917 834
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.79 % 80.47 % 61.79 %
Total Workers 7,874 5,799 2,075
Main Worker 6,212 - -
Marginal Worker 1,662 943 719

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.33 % of total population in Gonur village. The village Gonur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gonur village out of total population, 7874 were engaged in work activities. 78.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 7874 workers engaged in Main Work, 1245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1097 were Agricultural labourer.