Sivaganga taluk is a taluk of Sivagangai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sivaganga.
There are 5 revenue circles and 67 revenue villages under this taluk.
Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sivaganga had a population of 288,674 with 142,979 males and 145,695 females, with 74,167 families total. For the total population there were 1,019 females for every 1,000 males, and for children under 7 there were 949 females for every 1,000 males. The population below 7 years of age were 15,523 males and 14,730 females.
Around 16% of the total population, or 46,263 people including 4,444 under 7 years, lived in urban areas while the remaining 84% (242,411 people including 25,809 under 7 years) lived in rural areas.
The taluk had a literacy rate of 79.06%. +Religious DistributionReligionTotalPercentageMaleFemaleHindu258,90889.69%128,457130,451Christian21,5807.48%10,46611,114Muslim7,7702.69%3,8633,907Sikh350.01%2015Buddhist210.01%138Jain8<0.01%26Other8<0.01%35None Specified3440.12%155189 +Working PopulationJobTotalMaleFemaleMain Work103,66365,68137,982Agriculture Laborer35,92018,29317,627Cultivators27,98917,73710,252Household Industries1,505837668Other Workers38,24928,8149,435Marginal Workers32,58116,65815,923Non-Working152,43060,64091,790
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