Population
The Cholapuram Town Panchayat has population of 6,803 of which 3,195 are males while 3,608 are females as per report released by Census India 2011 [1] .
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 757 which is 11.13 % of total population of Cholapuram (TP). In Cholapuram Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 1129 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Cholapuram is around 1057 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Cholapuram city is 89.65 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Cholapuram, Male literacy is around 94.27 % while female literacy rate is 85.59 %.
Cholapuram Town Panchayat has total administration over 1,632 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Cholapuram 2024 - 2025 Population
Current estimated population of Cholapuram Town Panchayat in 2025 is approximately 9,600. The schedule census of 2021 for Cholapuram city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Cholapuram city will be conducted in 2025 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Cholapuram town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Cholapuram Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.42 % of total population in Cholapuram (TP). The (TP) Cholapuram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Cholapuram Work Profile
Out of total population, 2,072 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 1,666 were males while 406 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 2072 working population, 78.52 % were engaged in Main Work while 21.48 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Cholapuram Population Religion Data
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|
| Hindu | 55.80% |
| Muslim | 43.55% |
| Christian | 0.63% |
| Sikh | 0.00% |
| Buddhist | 0.00% |
| Jain | 0.00% |
| Others | 0.00% |
| No Religion | 0.01% |
According to the 2001 Indian population census, the population of Cholapuram was 6,364, [2] of which women constituted 52%. Cholapuram's literacy rate stood at 79%, which is higher than the national average of 59.9%. The male literacy rate was 79%, compared to the female literacy rate of 66%. Cholapuram also has a substantially large number of people under the age of six: according to the census that year this number stood at 12% of the population. Majority of its residents are Muslims, Dalits and Hindus are also scattered living in its surroundings. Three big mosques and Temples are religious identification.
Agriculture
The income of Cholapuram's residents is heavily dependent upon agriculture, trading and the welding works. The major crops cultivated in are paddy (rice), pulses, gingelly, groundnut and sugarcane. Minor crops like maize, soybeans, and red gram vegetables, cotton, casuarina trees (savukku), fruits, chili, banana trees, ginger, groundnut, and pulses are also grown.
Business
Major business in Cholapuram include the Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and The City Union Bank. The Cholapuram area is popular for welding works. There are number of general merchant stores, medicals, fertilizer shops, fancy stores, meat stall, super market, Restaurants, Cabs, Travels and Sweet Stalls are doing business. It is predominantly agriculture based. A sizable population of people took up jobs in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. As the opportunities in these countries diminished, educated younger generation opted for lucrative jobs in Arab countries of the Persian Gulf (Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) and few of them in England and United States of America, most probability every household in the village has at least one person in the Persian Gulf (Middle East Countries).
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