Demographics of Tamil Nadu

According to the 2011 census, the total population stood at 72,147,030, with 36,137,975 males, 36,009,055 females, a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males, literacy rate of 80.09%,^[1] 10.51% of the population below seven years and a population density of 555.^[2]

Distribution of population across districts

As per details from Census 2011, Tamil Nadu has population of 72.1 million, an increase from figure of 62.4 million in 2001 census.^[3]

2011 Census

According to 2011 Census the following table represents the total, male and female population of Tamil Nadu in each district:^[4]

District	Total Population	Male Population	Female Population	Reference
Ariyalur	754,894	374,703	380,191	[5]
Chennai	4,646,732	2,335,844	2,310,888	[6]
Coimbatore	3,458,045	1,729,297	1,728,748	[7]
Cuddalore	2,605,914	1,311,697	1,294,217	[8]
Dharmapuri	1,506,843	774,303	732,540	[9]
Dindigul	2,159,775	1,080,938	1,078,837	[10]
Erode	2,251,744	1,129,868	1,121,876	[11]
Kancheepuram	3,998,252	2,012,958	1,985,294	[12]
Kanniyakumari	1,870,374	926,345	944,029	[13]
Karur	1,064,493	528,184	536,309	[14]
Krishnagiri	1,879,809	960,232	919,577	[15]
Madurai	3,038,252	1,526,475	1,511,777	[16]
Nagapattinam	1,616,450	798,127	818,323	[17]
Namakkal	1,726,601	869,280	857,321	[18]
Perambalur	565,223	282,157	283,066	[19]
Pudukkottai	1,618,345	803,188	815,157	[20]
Ramanathapuram	1,353,445	682,658	670,787	[21]
Salem	3,482,056	1,781,571	1,700,485	[22]
Sivaganga	1,339,101	668,672	670,429	[23]
Thanjavur	2,405,890	1,182,416	1,223,474	[24]
The Nilgiris	735,394	360,143	375,251	[25]
Theni	1,245,899	625,683	620,216	[26]
Thiruvallur	3,728,104	1,876,062	1,852,042	[27]
Thiruvarur	1,264,277	626,693	637,584	[28]
Thoothukudi	1,750,176	865,021	885,155	[29]
Tiruchirappalli	2,722,290	1,352,284	1,370,006	[30]
Tirunelveli	3,077,233	1,520,912	1,556,321	[31]
Tiruvannamalai	2,464,875	1,235,889	1,228,986	[32]
Vellore	3,936,331	1,961,688	1,974,643	[33]
Viluppuram	3,458,873	1,740,819	1,718,054	[34]
Virudhunagar	1,942,288	967,709	974,579	[35]
Total	72,147,030	36,137,975	36,009,055	[36]

Important facts

Growth rate

The officially recorded growth rate of Tamil Nadu according to 2011 census is 15.61%.^[37]

Literacy

Tamil Nadu has performed reasonably well in terms of literacy growth during the decade 2001–2011. The state's literacy rate increased from 73.47% in 2001 to 80.09% in 2011.^[38][39]

Sex ratio

The officially recorded sex ratio is 996 females per 1000 males, which is well above the national average.^[40]

Caste demographics

Castes of Tamilnadu[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]
Caste	Population (%)
Vanniyar	25%
Mukkulaththor	10%
Non Tamils	2.5%
Muslims	6.5%
SC ST	7.2%
Konar Muththaraiyar Pillai / Mudaliyar Chettiyar	5% 3% 5% 1.5%
Brahmins	1%
Hindu Nadars	5.8%
Christians	6.5%
Kongu Vellala gounder	7%

• As per, 2011 Census of India , Scheduled Castes constitute 7.2% of Tamilnadu's 72 million population. ^{[49][50][51][52]} 1.10 per cent of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST).^[53] Other Backward Classes(OBCs) form 68% of Tamil nadu population.^[54]

Religion Data

The following table shows the total number of people belonging to each religion in Tamil Nadu:^[55]
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Religion	Population
Hinduism	63,188,168
Christianity	4,418,331
Islam	4,229,479
Jainism	89,265
Buddhism	11,186
Sikhism	14,601
Others	7414
Religion not stated	188,586
Total	more than 7 crores

Districts with significant percentage of Christians as per 2001 census

District	Christian (%)	Christian (numbers)
Tamil Nadu	6.02	3,785,060
Kanyakumari	44.74	745,406
Thoothukudi	16.70	262,718
The Nilgiris	11.45	87,272
Tirunelveli	10.88	296,578
Tiruchirappalli	9.01	218,033
Chennai	7.62	331,261
Dindigul	7.55	145,265
Ramanathapuram	7.08	84,092
Kanchipuram	5.92	170,416
Sivaganga	5.86	67,739
Thanjavur	5.63	124,945
Tiruvallur	5.56	169,719
Ariyalur	5.21	36,261
Pudukkottai	4.55	66,432
Coimbatore	4.34	185,737
Viluppuram	3.90	115,745
Virudhunagar	3.89	68,295
Madurai	3.34	86,352
Cuddalore	3.22	73,611
Teni	3.09	33,830
Nagapattinam	3.07	45,780
Vellore	2.94	102,477
Tiruvarur	2.70	31,621
Tiruvannamalai	2.52	55,180
Erode	2.14	55,414
Perambalur	1.70	8,412
Salem	1.67	50,450
Karur	1.48	13,863
Dharmapuri	1.36	39,019
Namakkal	0.80	13,137

Districts with significant percentage of Muslims as per 2001 census

District	Muslim (%)	Muslim (numbers)
Tamil Nadu	5.56	3,470,647
Ramanathapuram	14.65	174,079
Vellore	10.08	350,771
The Nilgiris	9.54	72,766
Tirunelveli	9.25	252,235
Chennai	9.02	379,206
Nagapattinam	7.57	112,753
Thanjavur	7.36	163,286
Thiruvarur	7.11	83,243
Pudukkottai	6.69	97,723
Tiruchirappalli	6.46	156,345
Coimbatore	5.33	227,734
Madurai	5.33	137,443
Sivaganga	5.16	59,642
Perambalur	5.01	24,778
Dindigul	4.66	89,680
Thoothukudi	4.63	72,975
Cuddalore	4.48	102,508
Theni	4.39	48,066
Dharmapuri	4.32	123,469
Kanyakumari	4.19	70,360
Karur	3.98	37,272
Kanchipuram	3.95	113,666
Viluppuram	3.71	110,120
Tiruvallur	3.60	99,408
Tiruvannamalai	3.59	78,506
Erode	2.99	77,211
Salem	2.57	77,648
Virudhunagar	2.47	43,309
Namakkal	1.80	26,907
Ariyalur	1.015	7,638

Workforce

According to the 2001 census, the total number of workers in Tamil Nadu amounts to 27,878,282 with the Work Participation rate being 44.67%. The total number of non-workers amounts to 34,527,397 or 55.33% of the population.^[56]

See also

• Tamil Nadu
• Tamil people

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