Demographics of Tamil Nadu

Demographics of Tamil Nadu notification from Census of India
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190119,252,630—    
191120,902,616+0.83%
192121,628,518+0.34%
193123,472,099+0.82%
194126,267,507+1.13%
195130,119,047+1.38%
196133,686,953+1.13%
197141,199,168+2.03%
198148,408,077+1.63%
199155,858,946+1.44%
200162,405,679+1.11%
201172,147,030+1.46%
source:[1]
Life in Tamil Nadu

At the 2011 Census of India, the population of the state of Tamil Nadu was 72,147,039, increasing from 62.4 million in 2001. There were 36,137,975 males and 36,009,064 females, with a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. Its literacy rate was 80.09%. 10.51% of the population was below seven years old, and it had a population density of 555.

Distribution of population

The following table shows the distributions of male and female populations of Tamil Nadu's districts, as of 2011:

Districts with population and area as per 2011 census
District Total Population Male Population % Female Population % reference
Ariyalur 754,894 374,703 49.6 380,191 50.4
Chennai 4,646,732 2,335,844 50.3 2,310,888 49.7
Coimbatore 3,458,045 1,729,297 50.0 1,728,748 50.0
Cuddalore 2,605,914 1,311,697 50.3 1,294,217 49.7
Dharmapuri 1,506,843 774,303 51.4 732,540 48.6
Dindigul 2,159,775 1,080,938 50.0 1,078,837 50.0
Erode 2,251,744 1,129,868 50.2 1,121,876 49.8
Kancheepuram 3,998,252 2,012,958 50.3 1,985,294 49.7
Kanniyakumari 1,870,374 926,345 49.5 944,029 50.5
Karur 1,064,493 528,184 49.6 536,309 50.4
Krishnagiri 1,879,809 960,232 51.1 919,577 48.9
Madurai 3,038,252 1,526,475 50.2 1,511,777 49.8
Nagapattinam 1,616,450 798,127 49.4 818,323 50.6
Namakkal 1,726,601 869,280 50.3 857,321 49.7
Perambalur 565,223 282,157 49.9 283,066 50.1
Pudukkottai 1,618,345 803,188 49.6 815,157 50.4
Ramanathapuram 1,353,445 682,658 50.4 670,787 49.6
Salem 3,482,056 1,781,571 51.2 1,700,485 48.8
Sivaganga 1,339,101 668,672 49.9 670,429 50.1
Thanjavur 2,405,890 1,182,416 49.1 1,223,474 50.9
The Nilgiris 735,394 360,143 49.0 375,251 51.0
Theni 1,245,899 625,683 50.2 620,216 49.8
Thiruvallur 3,728,104 1,876,062 50.3 1,852,042 49.7
Thiruvarur 1,264,277 626,693 49.6 637,584 50.4
Thoothukudi 1,750,176 865,021 49.4 885,155 50.6
Tiruchirappalli 2,722,290 1,352,284 49.7 1,370,006 50.3
Tirunelveli 3,077,233 1,520,912 49.4 1,556,321 50.6
Tiruppur 2,479,052 1,246,159 50.3 1,232,893 49.7
Tiruvannamalai 2,464,875 1,235,889 50.1 1,228,986 49.9
Vellore 3,936,331 1,961,688 49.8 1,974,643 50.2
Viluppuram 3,458,873 1,740,819 50.3 1,718,054 49.7
Virudhunagar 1,942,288 967,709 49.8 974,579 50.2
Total 72,147,030 36,137,975 50.1 36,009,055 49.9

Important facts

Growth rate

As of 2011, Tamil Nadu's growth rate was 15.61%.

It performed reasonably well in literacy growth from 2001 to 2011, increasing from 73.47% to 80.09%. It came second in the CBSE pass percentage at 92.3%, after Trivandrum[2] Region.

Religion demographics

The following tables show the distribution of religious followers in Tamil Nadu, by number and percentage.

Religion in Tamil Nadu
Religion 2001[3] 2011[4]
Hinduism 54,985,079 63,188,168
Christianity 3,785,060 4,418,331
Islam 3,470,647 4,229,479
Jainism 83,359 89,265
Sikhism 9,545 14,601
Buddhism 5,393 11,186
Other 7,252 7,414
Not stated n/a 188,586
Total 62,405,679 72,147,030
Religion in Tamil Nadu (%)
Religion 2001[3] 2011[3]
Hinduism 88.11 87.58
Christianity 6.06 6.12
Islam 5.56 5.86
Jainism 0.13 0.12
Sikhism 0.01 0.02
Buddhism >0.01 0.01
Other 0.01 0.01
Not stated n/a 0.26

Workforce

At the 2001 census, Tamil Nadu had 27,878,282 workers (44.67% of its population) and 34,527,397 non-workers (55.33%).[5]

Language

First Languages of Tamil Nadu[6]
Speakers Urban Rural Percentage of Population
Tamil 63,743,847 34,087,554 29,656,293 88.35
Telugu 4,234,216 1,973,842 2,260,374 5.87
Urdu 1,264,412 243,462 1,020,950 1.75
Kannada 1,141,976 606,611 535,365 1.58
Malayalam 718,977 104,745 614,232 1.00
Hindi 331,057 36,828 294,229 0.36
Saurashtra 238,556 15,721 222,835 0.33
Badaga 132,102 80,392 51,710 0.18
Marathi 85,380 18,833 66,547 0.12
Marwari 34,854 226 34,628 0.05
Gujrati 34,793 1,727 33,066 0.05
Bengali 22,930 2,496 20,434 0.03
Odia 21,132 7,203 13,929 0.03
Lambadi 9,794 9,522 272 0.01
Rajasthani 9,792 341 9,451 0.01

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  2. ^ Trivandrum
  3. ^ a b c "Total population by religious communities". Censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Indian Census 2011". Census Department, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ Primary Census Abstract Data of Tamil Nadu Archived August 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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  6. ^ Linguistic Survey of India Tamil Nadu. p. 23.

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