according to 2011 census, srivilliputhur had a population of 75,396 with a sex-ratio of 1,015 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. a total of 6,884 were under the age of six, constituting 3,466 males and 3,418 females. scheduled castes and scheduled tribes accounted for 6.21% and .01% of the population respectively. the average literacy of the town was 77.84%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. the town had a total of 21411 households. there were a total of 32,556 workers, comprising 134 cultivators, 1,241 main agricultural labourers, 3,126 in house hold industries, 25,769 other workers, 2,286 marginal workers, 18 marginal cultivators, 318 marginal agricultural labourers, 119 marginal workers in household industries and 1,831 other marginal workers. the decadal growth of population during the 1991–2001 period reduced to half of the previous decade due to migration to industrialized cities.