Census 2011

Tamil Nadu
PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS
st 31

March 2011

Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu Ministry of Home Affairs

CENSUS 2011

Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872 Census 2011 was held in two phases:
Houselisting & Housing Census (April to September 2010)

Population Enumeration

(9th to 28th February 2011)

Reference Date: 0:00 Hours of 1st March 2011

Census Units in 2011

Districts 32

Taluks
Villages No. of Statutory Towns

215
15979 721*

Municipal Corporations
Municipalities Town Panchayats

10
148 561

Census Towns
Town Ships Cantonments
* Includes two Cantonments

374
2 2

Some facts about census

What is Provisional Population?

Provisional Population is arrived at by adding the Population as reported by each Enumerator for the Enumeration Block assigned to her/him The final population will be arrived at by scanning of Schedules, data processing and other checks The Final Population is likely to be released next year

Population
Provisional

Persons
Males* Females Decadal variation 2001-2011
*Males includes Males and Others

7,21,38,958
3,61,58,871 3,59,80,087 97,33,279

Tamil Nadu stands 7th among the States & UTs in terms of population

Key facts

Population
Top four districts Chennai 46,81,087 Kancheepuram 39,90,897 Vellore 39,28,106 Thiruvallur 37,25,697 Last four districts
Karur Ariyalur The Nilgiris Perambalur 1076588 752481 735071 564511

TAMIL NADU
POPULATION AND NET DECADAL ACCRETION 1901-2011

900

97
800 700

65
Net decadal population accretion Population

Population in Lakhs

75
72 75 36 721 559 412 484 624

600 500 400 300

39 28 16 7 18

200 100

193

209

216

235

263

301

337

1901

1911

1921

1931

1941

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

Census Years

INDIA AND TAMIL NADU DECADAL GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION 1901-2011

30.0

25.0

24.8 TAMIL NADU India 21.5 22.3 24.7 23.9 21.4 17.6 15.4 15.6 13.3 11.8 11.7

Percentage variation of Population

20.0

17.5
15.0

14.2 11.0 11.9 8.5 3.5

14.7

10.0

8.6 5.8

5.0

0.0
1911

-0.3
1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

-5.0

Census Decade

Decadal variation since1901

Decadal variation in population 2001-2011

Top four districts
Kancheepuram Thiruvallur Tiruppur Krishnagiri

38.7 35.2 28.7 20.7

Last four districts

Nagapattinam Ariyalur
Chennai The Nilgiris

8.4 8.2 7.8 -3.6

Density of Population
600 500 400

325

382

480

555
2001 2011

300
200 100 0 India Tamil Nadu

Sex Ratio
TAMIL NADU SEX RATIO 1901-2011

1050 1040
Females per 1000 Males

1044

1042 1029 1027 1012

1030 1020 1010 1000 990

1007 992 987 978 977 974 995

980
970 960 950 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

Census Years

Child Sex Ratio

2001 2011 Change

INDIA TAMIL NADU

927 914 942 946

-13 4

Improvement in districts with history of low Child Sex Ratio Change in 2011
960 940
Female children per 100 male children

2001

920 900 880

46 85 66 891

24

860
840 820 800 780 760

826

851

889

Dharmapuri Salem Theni Namakkal DISTRICTS WITH LOW CHILD SEX RATIO IN 2001

New districts falling in

Decreasing trend of Child Sex Ratio 2001-2011

NEW DISTRICTS FALLING IN DECREASING TREND OF CHILD SEX RATIO 2001-2011

Cuddalore

957

-62 -57

Ariyalur

949

Perambalur

937

-24 -23

Viluppuram

961

Tiruvannamalai

948
100 300 500 700 900

-16

-100

Declain in CSR 2011

Sex ratio 2001

Literacy Rate
LITERACY RATE 2001-2011

90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 India Tamil Nadu

9.2

6.9

64.8

73.5

2001

Percentage increase in 2011

LITERACY RATE
TAMIL NADU INDIA 80.3 74.0

FEMALE LITERACY RATE

TAMIL NADU INDIA HIGHEST FOUR 73.9 65.5

Kanniyakumari Chennai Thoothukkudi The Nilgiris

92.1 90.3 86.5

Kanniyakumari Chennai Thoothukkudi

85.7

Kancheepuram

90.5 87.2 81.8 80.2

LOWEST FOUR

Krishnagiri
Viluppuram Ariyalur

Dharmapuri

72.4 72.1 72.0 64.7

Krishnagiri Viluppuram Ariyalur

Dharmapuri

64.9 63.5 62.2 60.0

Percentage

Gender gap in Literacy Rate

GENDER GAP IN LITERACY 1961-2011

35.0
India Tamil Nadu

30.0

30.5 28.6 27.5 25.1

25.0

24.8 23.9 22.1 22.4 21.6

20.0

17.9 16.6
15.0

13.0

10.0 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 Census Years

Director of census Operations, Tamil Nadu conveys