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AREA AND POPULATION

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1.1 Area, Population, Literates, Scheduled Castes and 41-52
Scheduled Tribes by Districts
1.2 Population by Broad Industrial Categories of 53
Workers
1.3 Population by Religion 53

1.4 Population in Five Year Age Group By Residence 54-56

and Sex in
Tamil Nadu as per 2011 Census

1.5 Comparative Statement showing the population in 57-59

Five years Age Group By Sex in India & Tamil Nadu
as per 2011 Census
1.6 Single Year Age Returns By Residence and Sex in 60-71
Tamil Nadu ( as per 2011 Census)
1.7 Population of Tamil Nadu – Decennial Growth 72

1.8 Salient features of Census 2011 75-76

1.9 Time Series Data - Population and Literacy Rate of 77

Tamil Nadu
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1. AREA AND POPULATION

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND
SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS (2011 Census)

(In Numbers)
Area Total Population
State/District (Sq.
km) Total Male Female
13005
Tamil Nadu
8 72147030 36137975 36009055
Chennai 175 4646732 2335844 2310888
Kancheepuram 4483 3998252 2012958 1985294
Thiruvallur 3394 3728104 1876062 1852042
Cuddalore 3703 2605914 1311697 1294217
Villupuram 7194 3458873 1740819 1718054
Vellore 6075 3936331 1961688 1974643
Tiruvannamalai 6188 2464875 1235889 1228986
Salem 5237 3482056 1781571 1700485
Namakkal 3420 1726601 869280 857321
Dharmapuri 4497 1506843 774303 732540
Krishnagiri 5129 1879809 960232 919577
Erode 5760 2251744 1129868 1121876
Coimbatore 4732 3458045 1729297 1728748
Tiruppur 5187 2479052 1246159 1232893
The Nilgiris 2565 735394 360143 375251
Tiruchirappalli 4509 2722290 1352284 1370006
Karur 2904 1064493 528184 536309
Perambalur 1756 565223 282157 283066
Ariyalur 1940 754894 374703 380191
Thanjavur 3411 2405890 1182416 1223474
Nagapattinam 2569 1616450 798127 818323
Thiruvarur 2274 1264277 626693 637584
Pudukkottai 4644 1618345 803188 815157
Madurai 3710 3038252 1526475 1511777
Theni 2868 1245899 625683 620216
Dindigul 6036 2159775 1080938 1078837
Ramanathapura
m 4104 1353445 682658 670787
Virudhunagar 4241 1942288 967709 974579
Sivagangai 4233 1339101 668672 670429
Tirunelveli 6693 3077233 1520912 1556321
Thoothukkudi 4745 1750176 865021 885155
Kanniyakumari 1684 1870374 926345 944029
Source: Census of India 2011
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1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS (2011 Census) (Contd.)
RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION
(In Numbers)
Population

State/District Rural Urban

Femal
Total Male Total Male Female
e
3722959 1867906 1855052 3491744 1745891 1745853
Tamil Nadu 0 5 5 0 0 0
…………. Not 464673 233584 231088
Chennai
Applicable……… 2 4 8
145991 253833 127797 126035
Kancheepuram
6 734979 724937 6 9 7
129970 242839 122560 120279
Thiruvallur
9 650462 649247 5 0 5
172072
Cuddalore
5 868861 851864 885189 442836 442353
293978 148147 145831
Villupuram
5 5 0 519088 259344 259744
223434 111710 111724 170198
Vellore
4 1 3 7 844587 857400
196993
Tiruvannamalai
0 989726 980204 494945 246163 248782
170793 177412
Salem
4 883274 824660 2 898297 875825
103047
Namakkal
6 520684 509792 696125 348596 347529
124593
Dharmapuri
1 643215 602716 260912 131088 129824
145144
Krishnagiri
6 742444 709002 428363 217788 210575
109376 115797
Erode
8 552393 541375 6 577475 580501
261894 131026 130867
Coimbatore
839105 419032 420073 0 5 5
152111
Tiruppur
957941 479309 478632 1 766850 754261
The Nilgiris 299739 145909 153830 435655 214234 221421
138425 133803
Tiruchirappalli
7 688552 695705 3 663732 674301
Karur 629976 312628 317348 434517 215556 218961
Perambalur 468060 233926 234134 97163 48231 48932
Ariyalur 671100 333253 337847 83794 41450 42344
155453
Thanjavur
1 765177 789354 851359 417239 434120
125182
Nagapattinam
6 619369 632457 364624 178758 185866
100648
Thiruvarur
2 499954 506528 257795 126739 131056
130199
Pudukkottai
1 645505 656486 316354 157683 158671
119145 184680
Madurai
1 601247 590204 1 925228 921573
Theni 575418 290880 284538 670481 334803 335678
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135173
Dindigul
5 678605 673130 808040 402333 405707
Ramanathapura
m 942746 474508 468238 410699 208150 202549
Virudhunagar 962062 480360 481702 980226 487349 492877
Sivagangai 926256 462210 464046 412845 206462 206383
155700 152022
Tirunelveli
4 768728 788276 9 752184 768045
Thoothukkudi 873374 430361 443013 876802 434660 442142
153980
Kanniyakumari
330572 164938 165634 2 761407 778395
Source: Census of India 2011
1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND
SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
Literacy Rate
Sl. No. State/District
Total Male Female Rank
86.7
Tamil Nadu
80.09 7 73.14
1. Chennai 90.18 93.70 86.64 2
2. Kancheepuram 84.49 89.89 79.02 5
3. Thiruvallur 84.03 89.69 78.32 6
4. Cuddalore 78.04 85.93 70.14 19
5. Villupuram 71.88 80.55 63.15 29
6. Vellore 79.17 86.50 71.95 17
7. Tiruvannamalai 74.21 83.11 65.32 26
8. Salem 72.86 80.24 65.15 27
9. Namakkal 74.63 82.64 66.57 24
10. Dharmapuri 68.54 76.85 59.80 32
11. Krishnagiri 71.46 78.72 63.91 30
12. Erode 72.58 80.42 64.71 28
13. Coimbatore 83.98 89.06 78.92 7
14. Tiruppur 78.68 85.49 71.82 18
15. The Nilgiris 85.20 91.72 78.98 4
16. Tiruchirappalli 83.23 89.72 76.87 10
17. Karur 75.60 84.54 66.86 23
18. Perambalur 74.32 82.87 65.90 25
19. Ariyalur 71.34 81.23 61.74 31
20. Thanjavur 82.64 89.04 76.50 12
21. Nagapattinam 83.59 89.79 77.58 8
22. Thiruvarur 82.86 89.13 76.72 11
23. Pudukkottai 77.19 85.56 69.00 21
24. Madurai 83.45 89.72 77.16 9
25. Theni 77.26 85.03 69.46 20
AREA AND POPULATION 44
26. Dindigul 76.26 84.23 68.33 22
27. Ramanathapura
m 80.72 87.81 73.52 14
28. Virudhunagar 80.15 87.71 72.69 15
29. Sivagangai 79.85 87.92 71.85 16
30. Tirunelveli 82.50 89.24 75.98 13
31. Thoothukkudi 86.16 91.14 81.33 3
32. Kanniyakumari 91.75 93.65 89.90 1
Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
LITERACY RATE – RURAL AND URBAN
Literacy Rate
Rural Urban
State/District
Femal Femal
Total Male Total Male
e e
82.3
Tamil Nadu
73.54 82.04 65.05 87.04 91.80 1
........Not
Chennai
Applicable……. 90.18 93.70 86.64
Kancheepuram 75.95 83.63 68.20 89.39 93.49 85.24
Thiruvallur 74.25 82.45 66.09 89.25 93.53 84.92
Cuddalore 73.69 82.85 64.48 86.38 91.88 80.90
Villupuram 69.59 78.75 60.33 84.74 90.71 78.82
Vellore 74.70 83.39 66.08 85.01 90.59 79.56
Tiruvannamalai 71.62 81.18 62.05 84.41 90.80 78.13
Salem 65.74 74.57 56.32 79.67 85.79 73.43
Namakkal 71.34 80.21 62.36 79.51 86.28 72.77
Dharmapuri 65.86 74.69 56.47 81.21 87.33 75.07
Krishnagiri 67.32 75.43 58.88 85.54 89.99 80.94
Erode 65.41 74.45 56.21 79.39 86.17 72.68
Coimbatore 72.16 79.73 64.63 87.82 92.09 83.56
Tiruppur 69.61 78.34 60.91 84.53 90.06 78.93
The Nilgiris 81.17 89.27 73.53 87.99 93.39 82.80
Tiruchirappalli 76.69 85.44 68.11 89.92 94.11 85.81
Karur 69.30 79.82 59.02 84.70 91.38 78.19
Perambalur 72.06 81.28 62.95 85.22 90.53 80.03
Ariyalur 70.07 80.38 60.06 81.39 87.99 75.01
Thanjavur 79.04 86.57 71.79 89.18 93.55 85.02
Nagapattinam 82.00 88.65 75.54 89.03 93.74 84.54
Thiruvarur 81.10 87.96 74.38 89.71 93.79 85.79
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Pudukkottai 74.37 83.53 65.42 88.74 93.84 83.71
Madurai 74.14 83.59 64.59 89.41 93.67 85.15
Theni 72.58 81.64 63.38 81.25 87.96 74.59
Dindigul 71.67 80.98 62.36 83.89 89.68 78.19
Ramanathapur
am 77.03 85.29 68.68 89.24 93.58 84.77
Virudhunagar 75.88 84.90 66.95 84.31 90.47 78.25
Sivagangai 75.73 85.35 66.19 89.10 93.65 84.56
Tirunelveli 79.17 86.77 71.80 85.90 91.74 80.23
Thoothukkudi 82.16 88.52 76.03 90.16 93.74 86.66
Kanniyakumari 90.76 92.39 89.16 91.96 93.92 90.06
Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
(In Numbers)
Total Scheduled Castes
State/District
Total Male Female
Tamil Nadu 14438445 7204687 7233758
Chennai 779667 389001 390666
Kancheepuram 948081 474264 473817
Thiruvallur 821646 410526 411120
Cuddalore 763944 383943 380001
Villupuram 1015716 510869 504847
Vellore 860212 424668 435544
Tiruvannamalai 565329 282615 282714
Salem 580512 294062 286450
Namakkal 345392 173973 171419
Dharmapuri 245392 124706 120686
krishnagiri 267386 135474 131912
Erode 369483 184408 185075
Coimbatore 535911 266960 268951
Thiruppur 395876 196907 198969
The Nilgiris 235878 115917 119961
Tiruchirappalli 466561 230790 235771
Karur 221385 108809 112576
Perambalur 175289 87444 87845
Ariyalur 176230 88076 88154
Thanjavur 455062 225859 229203
Nagapattinam 509767 252332 257435
Thiruvarur 430927 214717 216210
Pudukkottai 284804 141428 143376
AREA AND POPULATION 46

Madurai 408976 205098 203878

Theni 258200 129900 128300
Dindigul 452376 225573 226803
Ramanathapuram 249008 125015 123993
Virudhunagar 399831 198704 201127
Sivagangai 227746 113599 114147
Tirunelveli 569714 279570 290144
Thoothukkudi 347895 172663 175232
Kanniyakumari 74249 36817 37432
Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
(In Numbers)
Scheduled Castes
State/ Rural Urban
District Femal
Total Male Female Total Male
e
947547 473600 496297 246868 249428
Tamil Nadu
5 3 4739472 0 4 6
Chennai …………. Not Applicable …………
779667 389001 390666
55099
Kancheepuram
7 275720 275277 397084 198544 198540
45199
Thiruvallur
9 225349 226650 369647 185177 184470
60992
Cuddalore
2 307009 302913 154022 76934 77088
92489
Villupuram
6 465644 459252 90820 45225 45595
54772
Vellore
4 271717 276007 312488 152951 159537
49392
Tiruvannamalai
5 247457 246468 71404 35158 36246
31869
Salem
3 162603 156090 261819 131459 130360
24409
Namakkal
8 122948 121150 101294 51025 50269
20718
Dharmapuri
7 105556 101631 38205 19150 19055
21782
krishnagiri
2 110438 107384 49564 25036 24528
21531
Erode
6 107703 107613 154167 76705 77462
18705
Coimbatore
5 93037 94018 348856 173923 174933
23789
Thiruppur
3 118360 119533 157983 78547 79436
The Nilgiris
86753 42691 44062 149125 73226 75899
28770
Tiruchirappalli
2 141797 145905 178859 88993 89866
15279
Karur
9 75149 77650 68586 33660 34926
15050
Perambalur
4 75254 75250 24785 12190 12595
16377
Ariyalur
0 81857 81913 12460 6219 6241
37139
Thanjavur
4 184536 186858 83668 41323 42345
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45923
Nagapattinam
6 227905 231331 50531 24427 26104
38874
Thiruvarur
0 193888 194852 42187 20829 21358
24653
Pudukkottai
1 122184 124347 38273 19244 19029
25785
Madurai
2 129515 128337 151124 75583 75541
14358
Theni
9 72599 70990 114611 57301 57310
31060
Dindigul
1 155203 155398 141775 70370 71405
20532
Ramanathapuram
8 102954 102374 43680 22061 21619
26320
Virudhunagar
6 131286 131920 136625 67418 69207
18482
Sivagangai
9 92228 92601 42917 21371 21546
34524
Tirunelveli
7 169385 175862 224467 110185 114282
23089
Thoothukkudi
5 114573 116322 117000 58090 58910
Kanniyakumari
18972 9458 9514 55277 27359 27918

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)

Scheduled Caste Literacy Rate

Sl.
State/District
No.
Total Male Female Rank

73.2
Tamil Nadu
6 80.94 65.64
1. 83.6
Chennai
3 88.79 78.52 2
2. 77.3
Kancheepuram
1 84.20 70.44 8
3. 78.3
Thiruvallur
4 85.38 71.36 7
4. 71.4
Cuddalore
4 79.69 63.19 19
5. 66.7
Villupuram
6 75.46 57.99 28
6. 79.1
Vellore
4 85.96 72.54 5
7. 71.4
Tiruvannamalai
1 79.84 63.03 20
8. 69.0
Salem
8 77.43 60.51 22
9. 66.0
Namakkal
0 74.17 57.76 29
10. 68.8
Dharmapuri
5 77.87 59.56 25
11. 68.4
Krishnagiri
6 75.85 60.89 27
12. 59.2
Erode
3 66.41 52.10 32
AREA AND POPULATION 48
13. 68.9
Coimbatore
4 75.59 62.35 24
14. 61.4
Tiruppur
6 68.10 54.93 31
15. 81.4
The Nilgiris
7 89.12 74.11 3
16. 78.4
Tiruchirappalli
9 86.51 70.70 6
17. 69.4
Karur
4 78.96 60.31 21
18. 71.7
Perambalur
1 80.30 63.23 17
19. 64.9
Ariyalur
3 74.12 55.81 30
20. 76.2
Thanjavur
6 83.98 68.70 10
21. 77.0
Nagapattinam
7 84.23 70.10 9
22. 75.5
Thiruvarur
0 83.21 67.87 11
23. 73.9
Pudukkottai
7 82.74 65.38 14
24. 73.2
Madurai
8 81.73 64.84 16
25. 69.0
Theni
0 77.75 60.19 23
26. 68.5
Dindigul
8 77.27 60.02 26
27. 73.4
Ramanathapuram
7 81.94 64.96 15
28. 71.6
Virudhunagar
7 80.40 63.11 18
29. 74.2
Sivagangai
6 83.22 65.37 13
30. 75.3
Tirunelveli
0 83.75 67.23 12
31. 79.6
Thoothukkudi
7 86.56 72.92 4
32. 88.9
Kanniyakumari
1 92.33 85.57 1
Source: Census of India 2011
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1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND
SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
Scheduled Caste Literacy Rate
Rural Urban
State/District
Femal Femal
Total Male Total Male
e e
69.9 78.2 79.6 86.1
Tamil Nadu
1 2 61.66 0 4 73.17
…………. Not
Chennai
Applicable…… 83.63 88.79 78.52
Kancheepuram 72.63 80.24 65.04 83.83 89.72 77.96
Thiruvallur 72.62 80.68 64.67 85.34 91.10 79.59
Cuddalore 69.44 77.97 60.89 79.23 86.41 72.11
Villupuram 65.82 74.62 56.93 76.25 84.08 68.56
Vellore 76.65 84.12 69.34 83.49 89.21 78.05
Tiruvannamalai 70.09 78.71 61.49 80.44 87.76 73.40
Salem 64.39 73.37 55.05 74.76 82.45 67.02
Namakkal 64.26 72.60 55.83 70.21 77.95 62.41
Dharmapuri 67.22 76.50 57.61 77.59 85.30 69.87
Krishnagiri 66.19 73.86 58.31 78.49 84.66 72.21
Erode 54.76 61.83 47.70 65.46 72.83 58.20
Coimbatore 57.84 64.37 51.39 74.87 81.58 68.22
Tiruppur 56.55 63.21 50.00 68.95 75.55 62.45
The Nilgiris 77.97 86.46 69.77 83.51 90.68 76.63
Tiruchirappalli 74.82 83.71 66.24 84.37 90.94 77.91
Karur 66.35 76.24 56.82 76.30 85.02 68.02
Perambalur 70.03 78.95 61.18 81.84 88.53 75.42
Ariyalur 64.22 73.45 55.04 74.23 82.94 65.71
Thanjavur 75.00 83.07 67.09 81.84 88.04 75.82
Nagapattinam 76.58 83.81 69.51 81.49 88.16 75.33
Thiruvarur 74.91 82.75 67.14 80.92 87.50 74.57
Pudukkottai 72.72 81.77 63.86 82.05 88.87 75.24
Madurai 68.87 78.39 59.32 80.78 87.42 74.18
Theni 67.28 76.34 58.06 71.15 79.54 62.81
Dindigul 66.29 75.37 57.31 73.58 81.43 65.90
Ramanathapur
am 71.65 80.60 62.68 82.09 88.23 75.82
Virudhunagar 70.13 79.19 61.18 74.63 82.75 66.78
Sivagangai 72.71 82.16 63.31 80.97 87.77 74.24
Tirunelveli 77.72 85.18 70.43 83.53 89.29 77.86
Thoothukkudi 77.72 85.18 70.43 83.53 89.29 77.86
Kanniyakumari 88.91 92.39 85.47 88.92 92.32 85.61
AREA AND POPULATION 50
Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA , POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
(In Numbers)
Total Scheduled Tribes
State/District
Total Male Female
Tamil Nadu 794697 401068 393629
Chennai 10061 5207 4854
Kancheepuram 41210 20605 20605
Thiruvallur 47243 23692 23551
Cuddalore 15702 7943 7759
Villupuram 74859 37570 37289
Vellore 72955 36663 36292
Tiruvannamalai 90954 45956 44998
Salem 119369 60489 58880
Namakkal 57059 29383 27676
Dharmapuri 63044 32130 30914
Krishnagiri 22388 11419 10969
Erode 21880 11024 10856
Coimbatore 28342 14245 14097
Thiruppur 5458 2740 2718
The Nilgiris 32813 16091 16722
Tiruchirappalli 18198 9414 8784
Karur 575 297 278
Perambalur 2584 1292 1292
Ariyalur 10722 5274 5448
Thanjavur 3561 1739 1822
Nagapattinam 3756 1847 1909
Thiruvarur 3034 1466 1568
Pudukkottai 1283 647 636
Madurai 11096 5622 5474
Theni 1835 954 881
Dindigul 8064 4095 3969
Ramanathapuram 1105 559 546
Virudhunagar 2294 1182 1112
Sivagangai 790 394 396
Tirunelveli 10270 5109 5161
Thoothukkudi 4911 2466 2445
Kanniyakumari 7282 3554 3728
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Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Concld.)
(In Numbers)
Scheduled Tribes

State/District Rural Urban

Fem
Total Male Female Total Male
ale
66028
Tamil Nadu 333178 327102 134417 67890 66527
0
…………. Not 485
Chennai 10061 5207
Applicable……… 4
703
Kancheepuram 27057 13486 13571 14153 7119
4
602
Thiruvallur 35044 17521 17523 12199 6171
8
281
Cuddalore 9923 4974 4949 5779 2969
0
170
Villupuram 71370 35789 35581 3489 1781
8
395
Vellore 65015 32675 32340 7940 3988
2
Tiruvannamala 208
86775 43864 42911 4179 2092
i 7
11023 445
Salem 55806 54427 9136 4683
3 3
Namakkal 55326 28491 26835 1733 892 841
125
Dharmapuri 60385 30730 29655 2659 1400
9
Krishnagiri 21041 10720 10321 1347 699 648
Erode 20025 10068 9957 1855 956 899
429
Coimbatore 19622 9815 9807 8720 4430
0
138
Thiruppur 2650 1318 1332 2808 1422
6
513
The Nilgiris 22752 11167 11585 10061 4924
7
217
Tiruchirappalli 13784 7171 6613 4414 2243
1
Karur 191 101 90 384 196 188
Perambalur 2156 1086 1070 428 206 222
Ariyalur 9946 4897 5049 776 377 399
114
Thanjavur 1340 665 675 2221 1074
7
Nagapattinam 2210 1090 1120 1546 757 789
109
Thiruvarur 939 461 478 2095 1005
0
Pudukkottai 835 416 419 448 231 217
309
Madurai 4866 2487 2379 6230 3135
5
Theni 1377 714 663 458 240 218
174
Dindigul 4521 2294 2227 3543 1801
2
Ramanathapur
501 244 257 604 315 289
am
AREA AND POPULATION 52
Virudhunagar 1078 541 537 1216 641 575
Sivagangai 491 236 255 299 158 141
326
Tirunelveli 3822 1923 1899 6448 3186
2
180
Thoothukkudi 1264 620 644 3647 1846
1
179
Kanniyakumari 3741 1808 1933 3541 1746
5

Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA , POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd)

Sl. Scheduled Tribes Literacy Rate

State/District
No Total Male Female Rank
Tamil Nadu 54.34 61.81 46.80
1. Chennai 84.47 88.44 80.22 1
2. Kancheepuram 54.90 60.42 49.39 21
3. Thiruvallur 53.96 59.76 48.16 23
4. Cuddalore 55.65 62.66 48.58 20
5. Villupuram 44.38 51.30 37.47 32
6. Vellore 50.75 59.86 41.67 26
7. Tiruvannamala
i 46.81 56.02 37.53 30
8. Salem 51.85 60.39 43.17 25
9. Namakkal 60.65 68.73 52.23 17
10. Dharmapuri 57.09 64.75 49.21 18
11. Krishnagiri 47.74 53.13 42.12 28
12. Erode 46.91 54.19 39.58 29
13. Coimbatore 55.75 61.87 49.61 19
14. Tiruppur 54.23 63.29 44.99 22
15. The Nilgiris 60.76 67.64 54.23 16
16. Tiruchirappalli 75.40 81.66 68.79 4
17. Karur 83.23 87.74 78.46 2
18. Perambalur 65.36 70.44 60.26 11
19. Ariyalur 50.37 57.46 43.53 27
20. Thanjavur 68.38 74.15 63.02 10
21. Nagapattinam 62.90 66.82 59.24 14
22. Thiruvarur 71.35 75.60 67.37 6
23. Pudukkottai 68.81 73.98 63.75 9
24. Madurai 71.69 80.07 63.11 5
25. Theni 45.65 49.07 42.02 31
26. Dindigul 51.90 57.34 46.34 24
53 AREA AND POPULATION
27. Ramanathapur
am 62.67 66.53 58.81 15
28. Virudhunagar 63.87 71.64 55.65 13
29. Sivagangai 69.44 78.20 60.59 7
30. Tirunelveli 69.28 75.65 63.03 8
31. Thoothukkudi 65.12 71.89 58.28 12
32. Kanniyakumari 80.66 84.76 76.75 3
Source: Census of India 2011

1.1 AREA , POPULATION, LITERATES, SCHEDULED CASTES AND

SCHEDULED TRIBES BY DISTRICTS 2011 (Contd.)
Scheduled Tribes Literacy Rate
State/District Rural Urban
Femal
Total Male Female Total Male
e
Tamil Nadu 51.32 59.02 43.55 69.10 75.40 62.70
………. Not
Chennai
Applicable……… 84.47 88.44 80.22
Kancheepuram 48.42 53.14 43.76 66.92 73.72 60.00
Thiruvallur 48.78 54.33 43.25 68.64 75.03 62.19
Cuddalore 52.61 59.82 45.48 60.90 67.41 54.08
Villupuram 43.05 49.98 36.15 70.66 76.69 64.31
Vellore 48.75 58.07 39.48 66.78 74.00 59.45
Tiruvannamalai 46.33 55.64 36.92 56.94 63.82 50.08
Salem 49.83 58.44 41.10 75.67 83.02 67.99
Namakkal 59.91 68.14 51.33 83.94 87.08 80.61
Dharmapuri 56.57 64.28 48.65 69.14 75.21 62.53
Krishnagiri 45.78 51.15 40.20 77.23 82.16 71.81
Erode 44.69 51.99 37.38 70.51 76.93 63.68
Coimbatore 52.76 58.77 46.78 62.58 68.82 56.17
Tiruppur 47.62 57.02 38.10 60.59 69.27 51.66
The Nilgiris 63.34 70.78 56.25 54.77 60.29 49.58
Tiruchirappalli 72.40 78.96 65.43 84.71 90.17 79.06
Karur 77.51 83.15 71.25 86.09 90.12 81.93
Perambalur 66.26 71.69 60.76 60.50 63.48 57.61
Ariyalur 51.02 58.14 44.16 42.14 48.96 35.55
Thanjavur 61.07 66.49 55.75 72.69 78.88 67.13
Nagapattinam 54.38 57.51 51.47 74.45 79.39 69.81
Thiruvarur 60.90 65.55 56.27 75.89 80.16 71.99
Pudukkottai 59.43 64.64 54.37 85.79 90.67 80.93
Madurai 71.40 79.85 62.43 71.93 80.25 63.63
Theni 42.54 44.76 40.18 54.55 61.54 47.24
Dindigul 46.24 50.00 42.42 59.13 66.62 51.39
AREA AND POPULATION 54
Ramanathapura
m 68.71 72.68 65.00 57.72 61.80 53.39
Virudhunagar 55.31 63.02 47.43 71.15 78.74 62.87
Sivagangai 66.90 77.51 56.68 73.64 79.26 67.48
Tirunelveli 69.73 75.71 63.74 69.02 75.62 62.62
Thoothukkudi 54.70 63.48 46.04 68.62 74.67 62.46
Kanniyakumari 79.66 83.69 75.86 81.70 85.86 77.69
Source: Census of India 2011

1.2 POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS

(2011 Census)
(In Numbers)
Tamil Nadu All India
% to % to
Industrial Category Total total
Persons Persons
Worke worker
rs s

1 Main Workers 2794218 85.0 36244642 75.2

. 1 0
2 Marginal 4942500 15.0 11929689 24.8
. Workers 1
Total Workers 3288468 100.0 48174331 100.0
(1 + 2) 1 0 1 0
(a) Cultivators 4248457 12.9 11869264 24.6
0
(b) Agricultural 9606547 29.2 14432983 30.0
Labourers 3
(c) Household 1364893 4.2 18336307 3.8
Industry,
Manufacturing,
Processing,
Servicing
and repairs
(d) Other 1766478 53.7 20038453 41.6
Workers 4 1
3 Non-Workers 3926234 -- 72882626 --
. 9 2
7214703 12105695
Total Population -- --
0 73
Source: Census of India, 2011

1.3 POPULATION BY RELIGION 2011

Persons Percentage
Variation
in
Religion Since Tamil
Tamil All India
2001-2011 Nadu
Nadu
6318816
Hindus 8203089 87.58 79.8
8
55 AREA AND POPULATION
Muslims 4229479 758832 5.86 14.23
Christians 4418331 633271 6.12 2.3
Sikhs 14601 5056 0.02 1.71
Buddhists 11186 5793 0.03 0.7
Jains 89265 5906 0.12 0.36
Other Religions 7414 162 0.01 0.66
Religion not
18586 40758 0.26 0.24
stated
Total 7197703
9652867 100.00 100.00
Population 0
Source: Census of India , 2011
AREA AND POPULATION 56
1.4 POPULATION IN FIVE YEAR AGE GROUP BY RESIDENCE AND SEX
IN
TAMILNADU (as per 2011 Census)
( In Numbers )
Total Population
Age
% to % to
Grou % to Male
Total Female
p Persons Males Populatio Females
Popula- Popula-
n
tion tion
527870 271457 256412
0-4 1 7.32 8 7.51 3 7.12
555125 285129 269996
5-9 5 7.69 3 7.89 2 7.50
10- 617754 318899 298855
14 7 8.56 0 8.82 7 8.30
15- 625379 322983 302395
19 2 8.67 8 8.94 4 8.40
20- 641154 315480 325673
24 3 8.89 4 8.73 9 9.04
25- 666374 323737 342637
29 6 9.24 4 8.96 2 9.52
30- 581556 290874 290681
34 0 8.06 9 8.05 1 8.07
35- 583645 281520 302125
39 6 8.09 5 7.79 1 8.39
40- 506420 254984 251436
44 9 7.02 6 7.06 3 6.98
45- 471305 237491 233814
49 6 6.53 5 6.57 1 6.49
50- 370346 187556 182789
54 0 5.13 3 5.19 7 5.08
55- 310114 154092 156021
59 2 4.30 4 4.26 8 4.33
60- 278260 137803 140456
64 8 3.86 9 3.81 9 3.90
65- 186837
69 0 2.59 896412 2.48 971958 2.70
70- 140652
74 9 1.95 693167 1.92 713362 1.98
75-
79 710241 0.98 353746 0.98 356495 0.99

80+ 742010 1.03 339862 0.94 402148 1.12

Age
Not 66805 0.09 34670 0.10 32135 0.09
Stated
TOTA 100.0 3613797 100.0
72147030 100.00 36009055
L 0 5 0
57 AREA AND POPULATION
AREA AND POPULATION 58
1.4 POPULATION IN FIVE YEAR AGE GROUP BY RESIDENCE AND SEX
IN
TAMILNADU (as per 2011 Census)- (Contd)
( In Numbers )
Rural Population
Age
% to
Grou % to % to
Male
p Persons Rural Males Females Female
Populati
Population Population
on

278187
0-4 9 7.47 1436619 7.69 1345260 7.25
296853
5-9 6 7.97 1528954 8.19 1439582 7.76
10- 332516
14 0 8.93 1726166 9.24 1598994 8.62
15- 337309
19 8 9.06 1765233 9.45 1607865 8.67
20- 331523
24 4 8.90 1658770 8.88 1656464 8.93
25- 336049
29 8 9.03 1652498 8.85 1708000 9.21
30- 282521
34 8 7.59 1419512 7.60 1405706 7.58
35- 289463
39 5 7.78 1375375 7.36 1519260 8.19
40- 249582
44 7 6.70 1244055 6.66 1251772 6.75
45- 238337
49 4 6.40 1187892 6.36 1195482 6.44
50- 186264
54 3 5.00 926233 4.96 936410 5.05
55- 157851
59 0 4.24 765352 4.10 813158 4.38
60- 148409
64 9 3.99 726363 3.89 757736 4.08
65- 102292
69 4 2.75 490698 2.63 532226 2.87
70-
74 770619 2.07 384159 2.06 386460 2.08
75-
79 365791 0.98 187116 1.00 178675 0.96

80+ 385664 1.04 185450 0.99 200214 1.08

Age
Not
35881 0.10 18620 0.10 17261 0.09
State
d
TOTA
37229590 100.00 18679065 100.00 18550525 100.00
L
59 AREA AND POPULATION

1.4 POPULATION IN FIVE YEAR AGE GROUP BY RESIDENCE AND SEX

TAMILNADU (as per 2011 Census)- (Concld)
( In Numbers )
Urban Population
Age
Grou % to % to
% to Male
p Urban Female
Persons Males Populatio Females
Populatio Populati
n
n on

0-4 2496822 7.15 1277959 7.32 1218863 6.98

5-9 2582719 7.40 1322339 7.57 1260380 7.22

10-14 2852387 8.17 1462824 8.38 1389563 7.96

15-19 2880694 8.25 1464605 8.39 1416089 8.11

20-24 3096309 8.87 1496034 8.57 1600275 9.17

25-29 3303248 9.46 1584876 9.08 1718372 9.84

30-34 2990342 8.56 1489237 8.53 1501105 8.60

35-39 2941821 8.43 1439830 8.25 1501991 8.60

40-44 2568382 7.36 1305791 7.48 1262591 7.23

45-49 2329682 6.67 1187023 6.80 1142659 6.54

50-54 1840817 5.27 949330 5.44 891487 5.11

55-59 1522632 4.36 775572 4.44 747060 4.28

60-64 1298509 3.72 651676 3.73 646833 3.70

65-69 845446 2.42 405714 2.32 439732 2.52

70-74 635910 1.82 309008 1.77 326902 1.87

75-79 344450 0.99 166630 0.95 177820 1.02

80+ 356346 1.02 154412 0.88 201934 1.16

Age
Not
30924 0.09 16050 0.09 14874 0.09
State
d
TOTA 3491744 1745891 1745853 100.0
100.00 100.00
L 0 0 0 0
AREA AND POPULATION 60

1.5 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING THE POPULATION IN FIVE

YEARS AGE GROUP BY SEX IN INDIA & TAMIL NADU

(as per
2011 Census)

India Tamil Nadu

Age
Group % to Total
Total % to Total
Populatio Total Population
Population Population
n

0-4 112806778 9.32 5278701 7.32

5-9 126928126 10.48 5551255 7.69

10-14 132709212 10.96 6177547 8.56

15-19 120526449 9.95 6253792 8.67

20-24 111424222 9.20 6411543 8.89

25-29 101413965 8.38 6663746 9.24

30-34 88594951 7.32 5815560 8.06

35-39 85140684 7.03 5836456 8.09

40-44 72438112 5.98 5064209 7.02

45-49 62318327 5.15 4713056 6.53

50-54 49069254 4.05 3703460 5.13

55-59 39146055 3.23 3101142 4.30

60-64 37663707 3.11 2782608 3.86

65-69 26454983 2.18 1868370 2.59

70-74 19208842 1.59 1406529 1.95

75-79 9232503 0.76 710241 0.98

80+ 11289005 0.93 742010 1.03

Age Not
Stated 4489802 0.37 66805 0.09
TOTA 12108549
100.00 72147030 100.00
L 77
61 AREA AND POPULATION

1.5 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING THE POPULATION IN FIVE

YEARS AGE GROUP BY SEX IN INDIA & TAMIL NADU -(Contd)

(as per 2011

Census)

India Tamil Nadu

Age
Grou % to Total
Total Total % to Total
p Male
Male Male Male
Populatio
Population Population Population
n

0-4 58632074 9.41 2714578 7.51

5-9 66300466 10.64 2851293 7.89

10-14 69418835 11.14 3188990 8.82

15-19 63982396 10.27 3229838 8.94

20-24 57584693 9.24 3154804 8.73

25-29 51344208 8.24 3237374 8.96

30-34 44660674 7.17 2908749 8.05

35-39 42919381 6.89 2815205 7.79

40-44 37545386 6.02 2549846 7.06

45-49 32138114 5.16 2374915 6.57

50-54 25843266 4.15 1875563 5.19

55-59 19456012 3.12 1540924 4.26

60-64 18701749 3.00 1378039 3.81

65-69 12944326 2.08 896412 2.48

70-74 9651499 1.55 693167 1.92

75-79 4490603 0.72 353746 0.98

80+ 5283695 0.85 339862 0.94

Age
Not
Stated 2372881 0.38 34670 0.10
TOTA
L
623270258 100.00 36137975 100.00
AREA AND POPULATION 62

1.5 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING THE POPULATION IN FIVE

YEARS AGE GROUP BY SEX IN INDIA & TAMIL NADU -(Contd)

(as per 2011

Census)

India Tamil Nadu

Age % to Total
Group Total Total % to Total
Female
Female Female Female
Populatio
Population Population Population
n

0-4 54174704 9.22 2564123 7.12

5-9 60627660 10.32 2699962 7.50

10-14 63290377 10.77 2988557 8.30

15-19 56544053 9.62 3023954 8.40

20-24 53839529 9.16 3256739 9.04

25-29 50069757 8.52 3426372 9.52

30-34 43934277 7.48 2906811 8.07

35-39 42221303 7.19 3021251 8.39

40-44 34892726 5.94 2514363 6.98

45-49 30180213 5.14 2338141 6.49

50-54 23225988 3.95 1827897 5.08

55-59 19690043 3.35 1560218 4.33

60-64 18961958 3.23 1404569 3.90

65-69 13510657 2.30 971958 2.70

70-74 9557343 1.63 713362 1.98

75-79 4741900 0.81 356495 0.99

80+ 6005310 1.02 402148 1.12

Age Not
Stated 2116921 0.36 32135 0.09
TOTA 58758471
100.00 36009055 100.00
L 9
63 AREA AND POPULATION

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU
(as per 2011 Census)
TOTAL POPULATION
Total Population Male Population Female Population
All Ages

Sl.
N % to % to % to
o Total Person Male Persons Female
Persons
Popul- s Popul Popula-
ation -ation Tion

1 0 1004971 1.79 518251 1.43 486720 1.75

2 1 1078713 1.50 556872 1.54 521841 1.45
3 2 1053548 1.46 539636 1.49 513912 1.43
4 3 1084158 1.50 554773 1.54 529385 1.47
5 4 1057311 1.47 545046 1.51 512265 1.42
6 5 1079481 1.50 557696 1.54 521785 1.45
7 6 1065650 1.48 548002 1.52 517648 1.44
8 7 1139867 1.58 585055 1.62 554812 1.54
9 8 1127033 1.56 575557 1.59 551476 1.53
10 9 1139224 1.58 584983 1.62 554241 1.54
11 10 1290991 1.79 666692 1.84 624299 1.73
12 11 1217158 1.69 629072 1.74 588086 1.63
13 12 1207576 1.67 623211 1.72 584365 1.62
14 13 1236636 1.71 635251 1.76 601385 1.67
15 14 1225186 1.70 634764 1.76 590422 1.64
16 15 1279794 1.77 664183 1.84 615611 1.71
17 16 1177774 1.63 610930 1.69 566844 1.57
18 17 1196680 1.66 623711 1.73 572969 1.59
19 18 1325332 1.84 683260 1.89 642072 1.78
20 19 1274212 1.77 647754 1.79 626458 1.74
21 20 1449406 2.01 719304 1.99 730102 2.03
22 21 1244160 1.72 617853 1.71 626307 1.74
23 22 1242885 1.72 608972 1.69 633913 1.76
24 23 1230114 1.71 603747 1.67 626367 1.74
25 24 1244978 1.73 604928 1.67 640050 1.78
26 25 1549069 2.15 725651 2.01 823418 2.29
27 26 1271750 1.76 616761 1.71 654989 1.82
28 27 1333993 1.85 662270 1.83 671723 1.87
29 28 1321466 1.83 636844 1.76 684622 1.90
AREA AND POPULATION 64

30 29 1187468 1.65 595848 1.65 591620 1.64

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU

(Contd..)

(as per 2011 Census)

TOTAL POPULATION
Female
TOTAL Population Male Population
Population
All Ages

% to
% to % to Femal
Sl. Person
Total Person Male e
N Persons s
Popula- s Popula- Popula
o tion tion -
tion
31 30 1709209 2.37 820748 2.27 888461 2.47
32 31 1053219 1.46 543290 1.50 509929 1.42
33 32 1110370 1.54 561252 1.55 549118 1.52
34 33 940295 1.70 479816 1.73 460479 1.78
35 34 1002467 1.79 503643 1.79 498824 1.79
36 35 1692559 2.35 793584 2.20 898975 2.50
37 36 1075794 1.49 522689 1.45 553105 1.54
38 37 1011152 1.40 498491 1.78 512661 1.42
39 38 1111922 1.54 530792 1.47 581130 1.61
40 39 945029 1.71 469649 1.70 475380 1.72
41 40 1742751 2.42 834994 2.31 907757 2.52
42 41 889932 1.73 461677 1.78 428255 1.19
43 42 928210 1.79 482183 1.73 446027 1.74
44 43 740585 1.03 381996 1.06 358589 1.00
45 44 762731 1.06 388996 1.08 373735 1.04
46 45 1628037 2.26 787942 2.18 840095 2.33
47 46 836154 1.16 429555 1.19 406599 1.13
48 47 748438 1.04 390093 1.08 358345 1.00
49 48 815532 1.13 414078 1.15 401454 1.11
50 49 684895 0.95 353247 0.98 331648 0.92
51 50 1458094 2.02 687779 1.90 770315 2.14
52 51 624279 0.87 330357 0.91 293922 0.82
53 52 598151 0.83 320908 0.89 277243 0.77
54 53 468967 0.65 252024 0.70 216943 0.60
55 54 553969 0.77 284495 0.79 269474 0.75
56 55 1177299 1.63 542372 1.50 634927 1.76
65 AREA AND POPULATION

57 56 563175 0.78 290232 0.80 272943 0.76

58 57 425071 0.59 226492 0.63 198579 0.55
59 58 479191 0.66 247193 0.68 231998 0.64
60 59 456406 0.63 234635 0.65 221771 0.62

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU

(Contd..)

(as per 2011 Census)

Total Population Male Population Female Population
Total Male Female
All Ages

Sl. % to
No % to % to Femal
Total Male Persons e
Persons Persons
Popul- Popul- Popula
ation ation -
tion
61 60 1276389 1.77 580996 1.61 695393 1.93
62 61 460519 0.64 236407 0.65 224112 0.62
63 62 387009 0.54 208590 0.58 178419 0.50
64 63 325537 0.45 180540 0.50 144997 0.40
65 64 333154 0.46 171506 0.47 161648 0.45
66 65 877549 1.72 390162 1.08 487387 1.75
67 66 305354 0.42 150464 0.42 154890 0.43
68 67 224796 0.31 122714 0.34 102082 0.28
69 68 226501 0.31 115697 0.32 110804 0.31
70 69 234170 0.32 117375 0.32 116795 0.32
71 70 768218 1.06 351563 0.97 416655 1.16
72 71 231135 0.32 117332 0.32 113803 0.32
73 72 157869 0.22 86980 0.24 70889 0.20
74 73 113154 0.16 64211 0.18 48943 0.14
75 74 136153 0.19 73081 0.20 63072 0.18
76 75 362178 0.50 171521 0.47 190657 0.53
77 76 127988 0.18 65676 0.18 62312 0.17
78 77 70135 0.10 39974 0.11 30161 0.08
79 78 70898 0.10 37623 0.10 33275 0.09
80 79 79042 0.11 38952 0.11 40090 0.11
81 80 270874 0.38 116984 0.32 153890 0.43
82 81 75734 0.10 35566 0.10 40168 0.11
83 82 41997 0.06 22458 0.06 19539 0.05
AREA AND POPULATION 66

84 83 31197 0.04 17113 0.05 14084 0.04

85 84 36937 0.05 18691 0.05 18246 0.05
86 85 92072 0.13 40233 0.11 51839 0.14
87 86 34429 0.05 16750 0.05 17679 0.05
88 87 19768 0.03 10852 0.03 8916 0.02
89 88 14668 0.02 7584 0.02 7084 0.02
90 89 16021 0.02 7435 0.02 8586 0.02

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU
(C
ontd..)

(as per 2011 Census)

Total Population Male Population Female Population

TotalL Male Female

All Ages

Sl.
% to
No % to % to
Femal
Total Male Persons
Persons Persons e
Popul Popul
Popul
-ation -ation
a-tion

91 90 47437 0.07 18909 0.05 28528 0.08

92 91 12838 0.02 5493 0.02 7345 0.02

93 92 5728 0.01 2896 0.01 2832 0.01

94 93 4259 0.01 2164 0.01 2095 0.01

95 94 4423 0.01 2085 0.01 2338 0.01

96 95 9833 0.01 3984 0.01 5849 0.02

97 96 4187 0.01 1909 0.01 2278 0.01

98 97 2457 0.00 1170 0.00 1287 0.00

99 98 2736 0.00 1207 0.00 1529 0.00

100 99 1761 0.00 737 0.00 1024 0.00

67 AREA AND POPULATION

101 100+ 12654 0.02 5642 0.02 7012 0.02

Not
Age

Stated
102 66805 0.09 34670 0.10 32135 0.09

100.0
Total 72147030 100.00 36137975 100.00 36009055
0

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU

(Contd..)
(as per 2011 Census)
TOTAL RURAL POPULATION
Total Rural Rural Male Rural Female
All Ages

Sl. Population Population Population

N % to % to % to
o Rural Rural Rural
Persons
Persons Popul Persons Male Female
- Popula- Popula-
ation tion tion

1 0 519367 1.40 269359 1.44 250008 1.75

2 1 560340 1.51 290781 1.56 269559 1.45
3 2 560145 1.50 288135 1.54 272010 1.47
4 3 580961 1.56 298119 1.60 282842 1.52
5 4 561066 1.51 290225 1.55 270841 1.46
6 5 570011 1.53 295712 1.58 274299 1.48
7 6 559412 1.50 288219 1.54 271193 1.46
8 7 614119 1.65 315690 1.69 298429 1.61
9 8 611270 1.64 312939 1.68 298331 1.61
10 9 613724 1.65 316394 1.69 297330 1.60
11 10 693192 1.86 359065 1.92 334127 1.80
12 11 648632 1.74 336677 1.80 311955 1.68
13 12 656309 1.76 341181 1.83 315128 1.70
14 13 667459 1.79 344941 1.85 322518 1.74
15 14 659568 1.77 344302 1.84 315266 1.70
16 15 695349 1.87 364062 1.95 331287 1.79
17 16 634943 1.71 333404 1.78 301539 1.63
18 17 644866 1.73 341577 1.83 303289 1.63
AREA AND POPULATION 68

19 18 718852 1.93 376212 2.01 342640 1.85

20 19 679088 1.82 349978 1.87 329110 1.77
21 20 789443 2.12 394974 2.11 394469 2.13
22 21 638181 1.71 322134 1.72 316047 1.70
23 22 647484 1.74 323048 1.73 324436 1.75
24 23 619296 1.66 310637 1.66 308659 1.66
25 24 620830 1.67 307977 1.65 312853 1.69
26 25 831588 2.23 391913 2.10 439675 2.37
27 26 628275 1.69 310409 1.66 317866 1.71
28 27 671802 1.80 339484 1.82 332318 1.79
29 28 654364 1.76 318648 1.71 335716 1.81
30 29 574469 1.54 292044 1.56 282425 1.52

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU
(C
ontd..)
(
as per 2011 Census)
TOTAL RURAL POPULATION
Total Rural
Total Rural Total Rural Male
Female
Population Population
Population
All Ages

Sl. % to
N % to % to Rural
o Total Rural Person Femal
Person
Persons Rural Male s e
s
Popula- Popula- Popula
tion tion -
Tion
31 30 914728 2.46 437701 2.34 477027 2.57
32 31 485451 1.70 254073 1.76 231378 1.75
33 32 534206 1.43 273234 1.46 260972 1.41
34 33 430591 1.16 222932 1.19 207659 1.12
35 34 460242 1.74 231572 1.74 228670 1.73
36 35 921545 2.48 424461 2.27 497084 2.68
37 36 511273 1.77 245223 1.71 266050 1.43
38 37 486170 1.71 237849 1.77 248321 1.74
39 38 529880 1.42 248819 1.73 281061 1.52
40 39 445767 1.70 219023 1.17 226744 1.72
41 40 973817 2.62 459934 2.46 513883 2.77
42 41 408106 1.10 210593 1.13 197513 1.06
43 42 437367 1.17 227041 1.72 210326 1.13
44 43 327318 0.88 168981 0.90 158337 0.85
69 AREA AND POPULATION

45 44 349219 0.94 177506 0.95 171713 0.93

46 45 916909 2.46 437864 2.34 479045 2.58
47 46 397869 1.07 203306 1.09 194563 1.05
48 47 352781 0.95 184439 0.99 168342 0.91
49 48 389258 1.05 196083 1.05 193175 1.04
50 49 326557 0.88 166200 0.89 160357 0.86
51 50 837437 2.25 388781 2.08 448656 2.42
52 51 293559 0.79 153440 0.82 140119 0.76
53 52 277169 0.74 148275 0.79 128894 0.69
54 53 201274 0.54 107975 0.58 93299 0.50
55 54 253204 0.68 127762 0.68 125442 0.68
56 55 670147 1.80 302492 1.62 367655 1.98
57 56 269899 0.72 136700 0.73 133199 0.72
58 57 195312 0.52 103198 0.55 92114 0.50
59 58 220544 0.59 110916 0.59 109628 0.59
60 59 222608 0.60 112046 0.60 110562 0.60

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU
(Contd..)
(
as per 2011 Census)
TOTAL RURAL POPULATION
Total Rural
Total Rural Total Rural
Female
Population Male Population
Population
All Ages

% to
Sl. % to % to
Total
No Total Total
Rural Person
Rural Rural
Persons Persons Male s
Popula- Female
Popu
tion Popula-
l-
tion
ation
61 60 768314 2.06 349315 1.87 418999 2.26
62 61 230767 0.62 117316 0.63 113451 0.61
63 62 184636 0.50 99573 0.53 85063 0.46
64 63 140929 0.38 78833 0.42 62096 0.33
65 64 159453 0.43 81326 0.44 78127 0.42
66 65 530292 1.42 238968 1.78 291324 1.57
67 66 157710 0.42 77987 0.42 79723 0.43
68 67 108709 0.29 60537 0.32 48172 0.26
69 68 107007 0.29 53326 0.29 53681 0.29
70 69 119206 0.32 59880 0.32 59326 0.32
71 70 469268 1.76 221495 1.19 247773 1.74
AREA AND POPULATION 70

72 71 118627 0.32 60410 0.32 58217 0.31

73 72 73702 0.20 41195 0.22 32507 0.18
74 73 47648 0.13 27556 0.15 20092 0.11
75 74 61374 0.16 33503 0.18 27871 0.15
76 75 207031 0.56 102099 0.55 104932 0.57
77 76 61432 0.17 32431 0.17 29001 0.16
78 77 29549 0.08 17506 0.09 12043 0.06
79 78 29942 0.08 16188 0.09 13754 0.07
80 79 37837 0.10 18892 0.10 18945 0.10
81 80 158932 0.43 72486 0.39 86446 0.47
82 81 37415 0.10 18264 0.10 19151 0.10
83 82 18251 0.05 10193 0.05 8058 0.04
84 83 12075 0.03 7158 0.04 4917 0.03
85 84 15439 0.04 8379 0.04 7060 0.04
86 85 49049 0.13 23067 0.12 25982 0.14
87 86 15389 0.04 8099 0.04 7290 0.04
88 87 8168 0.02 4914 0.03 3254 0.02
89 88 5830 0.02 3254 0.02 2576 0.01
90 89 7606 0.02 3682 0.02 3924 0.02

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU
(Contd..)
(
as per 2011 Census)
TOTAL RURAL POPULATION
Total Rural
Total Rural Total Rural Male
Female
Population Population
Population
All Ages

Sl.
Rural Female

No
Population

Population

Population
Rural Male
% to Total

% to Total

% to Total
Persons

Persons

Persons
Rural

91 90 27201 0.07 11597 0.06 15604 0.08

92 91 6306 0.02 2861 0.02 3445 0.02

93 92 2500 0.01 1346 0.01 1154 0.01

94 93 1734 0.00 976 0.01 758 0.00

71 AREA AND POPULATION

95 94 1964 0.01 1012 0.01 952 0.01

96 95 5476 0.01 2475 0.01 3001 0.02

97 96 2037 0.01 999 0.01 1038 0.01

98 97 1169 0.00 600 0.00 569 0.00

99 98 1448 0.00 689 0.00 759 0.00

100 99 970 0.00 419 0.00 551 0.00

101 100+ 6705 0.02 2980 0.02 3725 0.02

Not
State
Age

102 35881 0.10 18620 0.10 17261 0.09

3722959 100.0
Total 0
100.00 18679065 100.00 18550525
0

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU
(Contd..)
(as per 2011
Census)
TOTAL URBAN POPULATION
Total Urban Total Urban
Total Urban Male
Population Female
Sl
All Ages

Population
Population
. % to %to
N % to
Total Total
o Total Person
Urban Urban
Persons Urban Persons s
Male Female
Popula-
Popula- Popul-
tion
tion ation
24889 23671
1 0 485604 1.79 2 1.43 2 1.76
26609 25228
2 1 518373 1.48 1 1.52 2 1.45
25150 24190
3 2 493403 1.41 1 1.44 2 1.79
25665 24654
4 3 503197 1.44 4 1.47 3 1.41
25482 24142
5 4 496245 1.42 1 1.46 4 1.78
6 5 509470 1.46 26198 1.50 24748 1.42
AREA AND POPULATION 72
4 6
25978 24645
7 6 506238 1.45 3 1.49 5 1.41
26936 25638
8 7 525748 1.51 5 1.54 3 1.47
26261 25314
9 8 515763 1.48 8 1.50 5 1.45
26858 25691
10 9 525500 1.50 9 1.54 1 1.47
30762 29017
11 10 597799 1.71 7 1.76 2 1.66
29239 27613
12 11 568526 1.63 5 1.67 1 1.58
28203 26923
13 12 551267 1.58 0 1.62 7 1.54
29031 27886
14 13 569177 1.63 0 1.66 7 1.60
29046 27515
15 14 565618 1.62 2 1.66 6 1.58
30012 28432
16 15 584445 1.67 1 1.72 4 1.63
27752 26530
17 16 542831 1.55 6 1.59 5 1.52
28213 26968
18 17 551814 1.58 4 1.62 0 1.54
30704 29943
19 18 606480 1.74 8 1.76 2 1.72
29777 29734
20 19 595124 1.70 6 1.71 8 1.70
32433 33563
21 20 659963 1.89 0 1.86 3 1.92
29571 31026
22 21 605979 1.74 9 1.69 0 1.78
28592 30947
23 22 595401 1.71 4 1.64 7 1.77
29311 31770
24 23 610818 1.75 0 1.68 8 1.82
29695 32719
25 24 624148 1.79 1 1.70 7 1.87
33373 38374
26 25 717481 2.05 8 1.91 3 2.20
30635 33712
27 26 643475 1.84 2 1.75 3 1.93
32278 33940
28 27 662191 1.90 6 1.85 5 1.94
31819 34890
29 28 667102 1.91 6 1.82 6 2.00
30380 30919
30 29 612999 1.76 4 1.74 5 1.77

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL NADU
(Contd..)
(
as per 2011 Census)
TOTAL URBAN POPULATION
A
73 AREA AND POPULATION
Total Urban
Total Urban Total Urban Male
Female
Population Population
Population

ll Ages
% to % to
% to
Total Femal
Sl. Total
Person Urban Person e
N Persons Urban
s Male s Popula
o Popula-
Pop - -
tion
ulation tion
38304 41143
31 30 794481 2.28 7 2.19 4 2.36
28921 27855
32 31 567768 1.63 7 1.66 1 1.60
28801 28814
33 32 576164 1.65 8 1.65 6 1.65
25688 25282
34 33 509704 1.46 4 1.47 0 1.45
27207 27015
35 34 542225 1.55 1 1.56 4 1.55
36912 40189
36 35 771014 2.21 3 2.11 1 2.30
27746 28705
37 36 564521 1.62 6 1.59 5 1.64
26064 26434
38 37 524982 1.50 2 1.49 0 1.51
28197 30006
39 38 582042 1.67 3 1.62 9 1.72
25062 24863
40 39 499262 1.43 6 1.44 6 1.42
41 40 768934 2.20 375060 2.15 393874 2.26
42 41 481826 1.78 251084 1.44 230742 1.72
43 42 490843 1.41 255142 1.46 235701 1.75
44 43 413267 1.18 213015 1.72 200252 1.15
45 44 413512 1.18 211490 1.71 202022 1.16
46 45 711128 2.04 350078 2.01 361050 2.07
47 46 438285 1.76 226249 1.70 212036 1.71
48 47 395657 1.13 205654 1.18 190003 1.09
49 48 426274 1.72 217995 1.75 208279 1.19
50 49 358338 1.03 187047 1.07 171291 0.98
51 50 620657 1.78 298998 1.71 321659 1.84
52 51 330720 0.95 176917 1.01 153803 0.88
53 52 320982 0.92 172633 0.99 148349 0.85
54 53 267693 0.77 144049 0.83 123644 0.71
55 54 300765 0.86 156733 0.90 144032 0.82
56 55 507152 1.45 239880 1.77 267272 1.53
57 56 293276 0.84 153532 0.88 139744 0.80
58 57 229759 0.66 123294 0.71 106465 0.61
59 58 258647 0.74 136277 0.78 122370 0.70
AREA AND POPULATION 74

60 59 233798 0.67 122589 0.70 111209 0.64

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL

NADU

(Contd..)

(as per 2011 Census)

Total Urban
Total Urban Total Urban Male
Female
Population Population
Population
All Ages

Sl. % to Total

% to Total
Populatio

Populatio

Populatio
Persons

Persons

Persons

Female
No Urban

Urban
Male

% to
n

n
61 60 508075 1.46 231681 1.73 276394 1.58
62 61 229752 0.66 119091 0.68 110661 0.63
63 62 202373 0.58 109017 0.62 93356 0.53
64 63 184608 0.53 101707 0.58 82901 0.47
65 64 173701 0.50 90180 0.52 83521 0.48
66 65 347257 0.99 151194 0.87 196063 1.12
67 66 147644 0.42 72477 0.42 75167 0.43
68 67 116087 0.33 62177 0.36 53910 0.31
69 68 119494 0.34 62371 0.36 57123 0.33
70 69 114964 0.33 57495 0.33 57469 0.33
71 70 298950 0.86 130068 0.74 168882 0.97
72 71 112508 0.32 56922 0.33 55586 0.32
73 72 84167 0.24 45785 0.26 38382 0.22
74 73 65506 0.19 36655 0.21 28851 0.17
75 74 74779 0.21 39578 0.23 35201 0.20
76 75 155147 0.44 69422 0.40 85725 0.49
77 76 66556 0.19 33245 0.19 33311 0.19
78 77 40586 0.12 22468 0.13 18118 0.10
79 78 40956 0.12 21435 0.12 19521 0.11
80 79 41205 0.12 20060 0.11 21145 0.12
81 80 111942 0.32 44498 0.25 67444 0.39
82 81 38319 0.11 17302 0.10 21017 0.12
83 82 23746 0.07 12265 0.07 11481 0.07
84 83 19122 0.05 9955 0.06 9167 0.05
85 84 21498 0.06 10312 0.06 11186 0.06
86 85 43023 0.12 17166 0.10 25857 0.15
75 AREA AND POPULATION

87 86 19040 0.05 8651 0.05 10389 0.06

88 87 11600 0.03 5938 0.03 5662 0.03
89 88 8838 0.03 4330 0.02 4508 0.03
90 89 8415 0.02 3753 0.02 4662 0.03

1.6 SINGLE YEAR AGE RETURNS BY RESIDENCE AND SEX IN TAMIL NADU

(Concld..)

(as per 2011

Census)
Total Urban Total Urban Male Total Urban
Population Population Female Population
All Ages

% to Female
Population

Population

Population
% to Total

% to Total
Sl.
Persons

Persons

Persons
Urban

Urban
No

Male

91 90 20236 0.06 7312 0.04 12924 0.07

92 91 6532 0.02 2632 0.02 3900 0.02

93 92 3228 0.01 1550 0.01 1678 0.01

94 93 2525 0.01 1188 0.01 1337 0.01

95 94 2459 0.01 1073 0.01 1386 0.01

96 95 4357 0.01 1509 0.01 2848 0.02

97 96 2150 0.01 910 0.01 1240 0.01

98 97 1288 0.00 570 0.00 718 0.00

99 98 1288 0.00 518 0.00 770 0.00

10
0 99 791 0.00 318 0.00 473 0.00

10
1 100+ 5949 0.02 2662 0.02 3287 0.02
AREA AND POPULATION 76

Age Not
Stated
10
30924 0.09 16050 0.09 14874 0.09
2

Total 34917440 100.00 17458910 100.00 17458530 100.00

1.7 POPULATION OF TAMILNADU - DECENNIAL GROWTH

Population % variation
Perio ( In Numbers ) since previous Census
d
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

209026 177534 314913 +15.5

1911 +8.57 +7.41
16 79 7 7

216285 182004 324807

1921 +3.47 +2.52 +8.86
18 39 9

234720 192417 423038 +23.4

1931 +8.52 +5.72
99 17 2 0

262675 210938 517368 +11.9 +22.3

1941 +9.63
07 25 2 1 0

301190 227855 733352 +14.6 +11.8

1951 +8.39
47 22 5 6 5

336869 246964 899052 +11.8 +22.5

1961 +8.39
53 25 8 5 9

411991 287343 124648 +22.3 +16.3 +38.6

1971
68 34 34 0 5 4

484080 324562 159518 +17.5 +12.9 +27.9

1981
77 02 75 0 5 8

558589 367813 190775 +15.3 +13.3 +19.5

1991
46 54 92 9 3 9
77 AREA AND POPULATION

624056 349216 274839 +11.7 +44.0

2001 -5.06
79 81 98 2 6

721470 372295 349174 +15.6 +27.1

2011 +6.49
30 90 40 1 6

Source: Census of India, 2011

79 AREA AND POPULATION
 1.8 SALIENT FEATURES OF CENSUS 2011

Increase
Females in Urban
Density
per Populatio Popula
District / State Per
1000 n tion
[Link].
Males since (%)
2001 (%)
1 2 3 4 5
TAMILNADU 555 996 15.6 48.40
1. Chennai 26553 989 7.0 100.00
2. Kancheepuram 892 986 39.0 63.49
3. Thiruvallur 1098 987 35.3 65.14
4. Cuddalore 704 987 14.0 33.97
5. Villupuram 481 987 16.8 15.01
6. Vellore 648 1007 13.2 43.24
7. Tiruvannamalai 398 994 12.8 20.08
8. Salem 665 954 15.4 50.95
9. Namakkal 505 986 15.6 40.32
10. Dharmapuri 335 946 -47.2 17.32
11. Krishnagiri 367 958 0.0 22.79
12. Erode 391 993 -12.8 51.43
13. Coimbatore 731 1000 -19.1 75.73
14. Tiruppur 478 989 0.0 61.36
15. The Nilgiris 287 1042 -3.5 59.24
16. Tiruchirappalli 604 1013 12.6 49.15
17. Karur 367 1015 13.8 40.82
18. Perambalur 322 1003 14.5 17.19
19. Ariyalur 389 1015 8.5 11.10
20. Thanjavur 705 1035 8.6 35.39
21. Nagapattinam 629 1025 8.6 22.56
22. Thiruvarur 556 1017 8.1 20.39
23. Pudukkottai 348 1015 10.9 19.55
24. Madurai 819 990 17.8 60.78
25. Theni 434 991 13.9 53.82
26. Dindigul 358 998 12.3 37.41
Ramanathapura
27.
m 330 983 14.0 30.34
28. Virudhunagar 458 1007 10.9 50.47
29. Sivagangai 316 1003 15.9 30.83
30. Tirunelveli 460 1023 13.0 49.40
31. Thoothukkudi 369 1023 11.3 50.10
32. Kanniyakumari 1111 1019 11.6 82.33
81 AREA AND POPULATION

Source: Census of India 2011

AREA AND POPULATION 82

1.8 SALIENT FEATURES OF CENSUS 2011 (Concld.)

Literacy Scheduled Scheduled

District / State Rate Caste 2011 Tribe 2011
2011 (%) (%) (%)
1 6 7 8
TAMILNADU 80.09 73.26 54.34
1. Chennai 90.18 83.63 84.47
2. Kancheepuram 84.49 77.31 54.90
3. Thiruvallur 84.03 78.34 53.96
4. Cuddalore 78.04 71.44 55.65
5. Villupuram 71.88 66.76 44.38
6. Vellore 79.17 79.14 50.75
Tiruvannamala
7.
i 74.21 71.41 46.81
8. Salem 72.86 69.08 51.85
9. Namakkal 74.63 66.00 60.65
10
Dharmapuri
. 68.54 68.85 57.09
11
Krishnagiri
. 71.46 68.46 47.74
12
Erode
. 72.58 59.23 46.91
13
Coimbatore
. 83.98 68.94 55.75
14
Tiruppur
. 78.68 61.46 54.23
15
The Nilgiris
. 85.20 81.47 60.76
16
Tiruchirappalli
. 83.23 78.49 75.40
17
Karur
. 75.60 69.44 83.23
18
Perambalur
. 74.32 71.71 65.36
19
Ariyalur
. 71.34 64.93 50.37
20
Thanjavur
. 82.64 76.26 68.38
21
Nagapattinam
. 83.59 77.07 62.90
22
Thiruvarur
. 82.86 75.50 71.35
23
Pudukkottai
. 77.19 73.97 68.81
24
Madurai
. 83.45 73.28 71.69
25
Theni
. 77.26 69.00 45.65
83 AREA AND POPULATION
26
Dindigul
. 76.26 68.58 51.90
27 Ramanathapur
. am 80.72 73.47 62.67
28
Virudhunagar
. 80.15 71.67 63.87
29
Sivagangai
. 79.85 74.26 69.44
30
Tirunelveli
. 82.50 75.30 69.28
31
Thoothukkudi
. 86.16 79.67 65.12
32
Kanniyakumari
. 91.75 88.91 80.66
Source: Census of India 2011

TIME SERIES DATA

1.9 POPULATION AND LITERACY RATE OF TAMILNADU

Percentage of Literacy
Populatio
Census
n
Year
(in Lakhs) Total Male Female

1951 301.2 20.80 31.70 10.10

1961 336.9 36.39 51.59 21.06

1971 412.0 45.40 59.54 30.92

1981 484.1 54.39 68.05 40.43

1991 558.6 62.66 73.75 51.33

2001 624.1 73.47 82.33 64.55

2011 721.4 80.09 86.77 73.44

AREA AND POPULATION 84

Source: Census of India 2011