 The total population constitute, 147,029 males and 138,485 females —a sex ratio of 942 females per 1000 males.38,834 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 20,338 are boys and 18,496 are girls.The average literacy rate stands at 81.80% with 201,829 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.