 A total of 12,791 were under the age of six, constituting 6,495 males and 6,296 females.The average literacy of the town was 83.21%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.There were a total of 9,519 workers, comprising 32 cultivators, 83 main agricultural labourers, 1,206 in house hold industries, 7,169 other workers, 1,029 marginal workers, 24 marginal cultivators, 45 marginal agricultural labourers, 212 marginal workers in household industries and 0 other marginal workers.