Karaikal is one of 4 districts located in south Indian state ( Union Territory of India) Puducherry. There are total 1 blocks which comes under Karaikal district, and there are total 28 villages and 1 town area which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Karaikal district is 637 and number of houses in this district is 28385.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 113384. Out of total 113384, male population count is 55548, where as female population count is 57836 in Karaikal.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 12747 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 12747 children 6508 are boys and 6239 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Karaikal district is 76%. 86210 out of total 113384 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 80% and 44818 males are literate out of total 55548 male population, where as female literacy rate is 28% and 41392 out of total 57836 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Karaikal district is 23%. 27174 out of total 113384 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 19% and 10730 males are illiterate out of total 55548 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 28% and 16444 out of total 57836 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Karaikal district is 39008 and non-working population is 74376 and out of 39008 working population 1819 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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