Kallakurichi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It was in existence from 1951 to1971 state elections. It was coonverted into Chinna Selam constituency in 1977 election. It came into existence again for 2011 election following the reorganisation of consituencies in 2009. } Kallakurichi (SC) constituency is newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008. It is included in the Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency. Kallakurichi is a municipality of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India and a Parliamentary consistency in Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 52,507.According to 2011 census, Kallakkurichi had a population of 52,507 with a sex-ratio of 984 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.[1] A total of 5,541 were under the age of six, constituting 2,914 males and 2,627 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 15.49% and .27% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 77.08%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[1] The town had a total of 12801 households. There were a total of 19,013 workers, comprising 471 cultivators, 840 main agricultural labourers, 537 in house hold industries, 14,673 other workers, 2,492 marginal workers, 33 marginal cultivators, 414 marginal agricultural labourers, 102 marginal workers in household industries and 1,943 other marginal workers.[2] As per the religious census of 2011, Kallakkurichi had 83.87% Hindus, 13.4% Muslims, 1.72% Christians, 0.04% Sikhs, 0.02% Buddhists, 0.17% Jains, 0.71% following other religions and 0.08% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[3]
