CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

TAMIL NADU
PROVISIONAL POPULATION DATA SHEET
Population Percentage decadal 0-6 Population
Density
India / State / District 2001 2011 variation of population 2001 2011
Total Total Male Female 2001 2011 2001 2011 Change Total Total Male Female

INDIA 1028610328 1210193422 623724248 586469174 21.5 17.6 325 382 57 163819614 158789287 82952135 75837152
TAMIL NADU 62405679 72138958 36158871 35980087 11.7 15.6 480 555 75 7235160 6894821 3542351 3352470

Thiruvallur 2754756 3725697 1878559 1847138 23.1 35.2 776 1049 273 329761 369854 189244 180610
Chennai 4343645 4681087 2357633 2323454 13.1 7.8 24963 26903 1940 433340 418541 213084 205457
Kancheepuram 2877468 3990897 2010309 1980588 19.2 38.7 668 927 259 337259 396254 201499 194755
Vellore 3477317 3928106 1959676 1968430 14.9 13.0 572 646 74 432180 406705 209168 197537
Dharmapuri 1295182 1502900 772490 730410 15.3 16.0 286 332 46 171621 162118 84840 77278
Krishnagiri 1561118 1883731 963152 920579 19.6 20.7 307 370 63 214954 203730 105872 97858
Tiruvannamalai 2186125 2468965 1238688 1230277 7.0 12.9 353 399 46 261295 256299 132664 123635
Viluppuram 2960373 3463284 1744832 1718452 7.4 17.0 412 482 70 373175 378530 195294 183236
Salem 3016346 3480008 1780569 1699439 17.2 15.4 575 663 88 351859 323102 168560 154542
Namakkal 1493462 1721179 866740 854439 12.9 15.2 439 506 67 152685 140314 73345 66969
Erode 2016582 2259608 1134191 1125417 11.9 12.1 354 397 43 200853 181188 92638 88550
The Nilgiris 762141 735071 360170 374901 7.3 -3.6 299 288 -11 85860 61644 31099 30545
Coimbatore 2916620 3472578 1735362 1737216 17.0 19.1 631 748 117 297139 295584 150580 145004
Tiruppur 1920154 2471222 1242974 1228248 25.3 28.7 367 476 109 200168 221585 113583 108002
Dindigul 1923014 2161367 1081934 1079433 9.2 12.4 317 357 40 218918 200034 102989 97045
Karur 935686 1076588 534392 542196 9.5 15.1 323 371 48 103279 98980 50855 48125
Tiruchirappalli 2418366 2713858 1347863 1365995 10.1 12.2 536 602 66 270043 253633 129947 123686
Perambalur 493646 564511 281436 283075 9.5 14.4 282 323 41 60478 55950 29245 26705
Ariyalur 695524 752481 373319 379162 9.3 8.2 358 387 29 89099 76775 40579 36196
Cuddalore 2285395 2600880 1311151 1289729 7.7 13.8 617 702 85 284964 260584 137513 123071
Nagapattinam 1488839 1614069 797214 816855 8.1 8.4 616 668 52 183346 154543 78826 75717
Thiruvarur 1169474 1268094 627616 640478 6.3 8.4 492 533 41 140099 114977 58602 56375
Thanjavur 2216138 2402781 1183112 1219669 7.9 8.4 638 691 53 259632 223910 114386 109524
Pudukkottai 1459601 1618725 803337 815388 10.0 10.9 314 348 34 183820 169886 86739 83147
Sivaganga 1155356 1341250 670597 670653 4.7 16.1 279 324 45 132891 127682 65123 62559
Madurai 2578201 3041038 1528308 1512730 7.4 18.0 698 823 125 295276 287101 148050 139051
Theni 1093950 1243684 624922 618762 4.3 13.7 381 433 52 126127 110919 57258 53661
Virudhunagar 1751301 1943309 967437 975872 11.9 11.0 409 454 45 209147 183214 93401 89813
Ramanathapuram 1187604 1337560 676574 660986 6.1 12.6 284 320 36 149587 127447 64790 62657
Thoothukkudi 1592769 1738376 858919 879457 7.9 9.1 347 378 31 186426 170507 86555 83952
Tirunelveli 2703492 3072880 1518595 1554285 8.9 13.7 403 458 55 318160 301275 153437 147838
Kanniyakumari 1676034 1863174 926800 936374 4.7 11.2 995 1106 111 181719 161956 82586 79370
Issued by: Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu,
Address: E-Wing, 3rd Floor, Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600 090. Ph: 044-24912993, Fax: 24911992, E-mail: dco-tam.rgi@nic.in, Website: www.censusindia.gov.in, www.census.tn.nic.in
 CENSUS OF INDIA 2011
TAMIL NADU
PROVISIONAL POPULATION DATA SHEET
Literates Literacy rate Gender gap in
India / State / Sex ratio Child Sex ratio
2001 2011 2001 2011 Literacy
District
2001 2011 Change 2001 2011 Change Total Total Male Female Total Total Male Female 2011

INDIA 933 940 7 927 914 -13 560687797 778454120 444203762 334250358 64.8 74.0 82.1 65.5 16.7
TAMIL NADU 987 995 8 942 946 4 40524545 52413116 28314595 24098521 73.5 80.3 86.8 73.9 13.0

Thiruvallur 971 983 12 957 954 -3 1865707 2812839 1506523 1306316 76.9 83.8 89.2 78.4 10.8
Chennai 957 986 29 972 964 -8 3336695 3850472 2004498 1845974 85.3 90.3 93.5 87.2 6.3
Kancheepuram 975 985 10 961 967 6 1952198 3065799 1634114 1431685 76.9 85.3 90.3 80.2 10.2
Vellore 997 1004 7 943 944 1 2203552 2804762 1522190 1282572 72.4 79.6 87.0 72.4 14.5
Dharmapuri 932 946 14 826 911 85 677674 867631 475567 392064 60.3 64.7 69.2 60.0 9.1
Krishnagiri 944 956 12 905 924 19 838547 1216436 682852 533584 62.3 72.4 79.7 64.9 14.8
Tiruvannamalai 995 993 -2 948 932 -16 1297151 1653284 926089 727195 67.4 74.7 83.7 65.7 18.0
Viluppuram 984 985 1 961 938 -23 1650528 2223605 1248606 974999 63.8 72.1 80.6 63.5 17.1
Salem 929 954 25 851 917 66 1734442 2311715 1300874 1010841 65.1 73.2 80.7 65.4 15.3
Namakkal 966 986 20 889 913 24 903802 1184344 659232 525112 67.4 74.9 83.1 66.7 16.4
Erode 968 992 24 935 956 21 1188228 1516380 841728 674652 65.4 73.0 80.8 65.1 15.7
The Nilgiris 1014 1041 27 979 982 3 541099 576799 303249 273550 80.0 85.7 92.2 79.4 12.7
Coimbatore 968 1001 33 968 963 -5 2056377 2678637 1418291 1260346 78.5 84.3 89.5 79.2 10.3
Tiruppur 963 988 25 954 951 -3 1222628 1779379 972032 807347 71.1 79.1 86.1 72.1 14.0
Dindigul 986 998 12 930 942 12 1181746 1507310 831243 676067 69.3 76.9 84.9 68.8 16.1
Karur 1010 1015 5 930 946 16 566728 741610 410315 331295 68.1 75.9 84.9 67.1 17.8
Tiruchirappalli 1001 1013 12 955 952 -3 1673478 2055742 1096125 959617 77.9 83.6 90.0 77.2 12.8
Perambalur 1006 1006 0 937 913 -24 286197 379797 210313 169484 66.1 74.7 83.4 66.1 17.3
Ariyalur 1006 1016 10 949 892 -57 388605 486446 273058 213388 64.1 72.0 82.1 62.2 19.8
Cuddalore 986 984 -2 957 895 -62 1420488 1849805 1019160 830645 71.0 79.0 86.8 71.2 15.6
Nagapattinam 1014 1025 11 963 961 -2 996580 1227311 649255 578056 76.3 84.1 90.4 78.0 12.4
Thiruvarur 1014 1020 6 970 962 -8 788302 960036 510137 449899 76.6 83.3 89.7 77.0 12.6
Thanjavur 1021 1031 10 959 957 -2 1476256 1802291 951803 850488 75.5 82.7 89.1 76.6 12.4
Pudukkottai 1015 1015 0 955 959 4 907376 1126580 617621 508959 71.1 77.8 86.2 69.5 16.7
Sivaganga 1038 1000 -38 952 961 9 738000 976384 536523 439861 72.2 80.5 88.6 72.3 16.3
Madurai 978 990 12 926 939 13 1776654 2248749 1194631 1054118 77.8 81.7 86.6 76.7 9.8
Theni 978 990 12 891 937 46 692797 879259 485247 394012 71.6 77.6 85.5 69.7 15.8
Virudhunagar 1012 1009 -3 958 962 4 1136574 1421270 773186 648084 73.7 80.7 88.5 73.1 15.3
Ramanathapuram 1036 977 -59 964 967 3 757344 986038 537697 448341 73.0 81.5 87.9 74.9 13.0
Thoothukkudi 1050 1024 -26 953 970 17 1143934 1356564 706087 650477 81.3 86.5 91.4 81.8 9.6
Tirunelveli 1042 1024 -18 957 964 7 1816536 2298262 1223964 1074298 76.2 82.9 89.7 76.4 13.3
Kanniyakumari 1014 1010 -4 968 961 -7 1308322 1567580 792385 775195 87.6 92.1 93.9 90.5 3.4
Issued by: Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu,
Address: E-Wing, 3rd Floor, Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, Chennai - 600 090. Ph: 044-24912993, Fax: 24911992, E-mail: dco-tam.rgi@nic.in, Website: www.censusindia.gov.in, www.census.tn.nic.in