Arcot, Tamil Nadu

Etymology

Arcot is the anglicized form of the Tamil word ārkāḍ, which is commonly believed to have been derived from the Tamil words aaru (River) + kaadu (forest). However, arkaadu meant 'a forest of fig trees'.

Geography

Arcot is located at . It has an average elevation of 164 metres (538 ft).

Government

Arcot Municipality was constituted in 1959. It had Third Grade Municipality and was subsequently upgraded to second Grade Municipality in 1973. In July 1998, it was upgraded to I Grade Municipality. The selected council with 30 members and chairpersons have functioned from 25 October 2006.

Arcot Town has a 13.64 km2 area with a population of 129,640 as per the census.

Arcot (State Assembly Constituency) is part of Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency).{{cite web |access-date=2008-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2008 |url-status=dead

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Arcot had a population of 129,640 including Tajpura and Veppur revenue villages under the municipality control with a sex-ratio of 1,014 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 7,174 were under the age of six, constituting 3,249 males and 3,925 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 10.31% and .15% of the population respectively 75% of the population in this town belongs to Backward peoples. The average literacy of the town was 79.32%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 16781 households. There were a total of 20,418 workers, comprising 48 cultivators, 166 main agricultural labourers, 1,273 in house hold industries, 17,782 other workers, 1,149 marginal workers, 12 marginal cultivators, 25 marginal agricultural labourers, 142 marginal workers in household industries and 970 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Arcot had 70.5% Hindus, 25% Muslims, 0.77% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs, 0.% Buddhists, 0.51% Jains, 0.16% following other religions and 0.01% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

References

References

1. Without knowing the actual meaning of the name of a village Arkkadu (Arcot), the Sanskrit scholars translated it ''Sataranyam'', which literally means six forests, whereas the Tamil word ''arkkadu'' literally means a forest of fig trees. See Prof. M. Varfdx mçdcggsruomape PS aet\Tamil by E. Sa. Viswanathan), Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1988, p.1- 17
2. "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Arcot, India". fallingrain.com.
3. (2013). "Census Info 2020 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
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5. (2011). "Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.