Namakkal is one of 32 districts located in southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu. There are total 16 blocks which comes under Namakkal district, and there are total 390 villages and 10 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Namakkal district is 609 and number of houses in this district is 316404.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1150757. Out of total 1150757, male population count is 581678, where as female population count is 569079 in Namakkal.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 100177 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 100177 children 52694 are boys and 47483 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Namakkal district is 65%. 757135 out of total 1150757 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 73% and 427075 males are literate out of total 581678 male population, where as female literacy rate is 42% and 330060 out of total 569079 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Namakkal district is 34%. 393622 out of total 1150757 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 26% and 154603 males are illiterate out of total 581678 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 42% and 239019 out of total 569079 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Namakkal district is 624169 and non-working population is 526588 and out of 624169 working population 139919 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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