Erode is one of 32 districts located in southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu. There are total 15 blocks which comes under Erode district, and there are total 306 villages and 6 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Erode district is 610 and number of houses in this district is 344425.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1164790. Out of total 1164790, male population count is 587939, where as female population count is 576851 in Erode.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 98519 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 98519 children 50604 are boys and 47915 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Erode district is 60%. 707074 out of total 1164790 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 68% and 404220 males are literate out of total 587939 male population, where as female literacy rate is 47% and 302854 out of total 576851 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Erode district is 39%. 457716 out of total 1164790 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 31% and 183719 males are illiterate out of total 587939 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 47% and 273997 out of total 576851 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Erode district is 670688 and non-working population is 494102 and out of 670688 working population 135661 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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