Tamil Nadu Census 2011 - recommended for TNPSC Preliminary Examination
|
Category
|
2011
|
|
Population
|
7,21,38,958 (37.19R + 34.95U)
|
|
Sex Ratio
|
995
|
|
Child Population
|
6.89 million / 68.9 L
|
|
Child sex ratio
|
946
|
|
Literates
|
52.41 million/ 5.241 Crore
|
|
Literacy rate
|
80.33
|
|
Rural Population growth
|
2.27 million (absolute)
|
|
Urban Population growth
|
7.47 million (absolute)
|
|
Districts
|
32
|
|
Sub-Districts
|
215
|
|
Towns
|
1097
|
|
Villages
|
15979
|
1.
Largest
Rural Population – Villupuram (7.94%
of state rural population)
2.
Highest
Urban Population – Chennai (13.39%
of state urban population)
3.
Decade
growth rate in population in rural and urban – 6.49% & 27.16% (TN overall –
15.60%)
4.
Decade
growth rate highest in rural – Villupuram
district (16.58%)
5.
Decade
growth rate lowest in rural – Kanyakumari
district (-43.89%)
6.
Decade
growth rate highest in urban – Kancheepuram
district (65.33%)
7.
Decade
growth rate lowest in urban – Nilgiri
district (-4.09%)
8.
Proportion
of rural and urban population – 51.55% and 48.45% (increase of 4.41%)
9.
Largest
proportion of rural population – Ariyalur
(88.88%)
10.
Largest
proportion of urban population – Kanyakumari
(82.47%) – (apart from Chennai which is totally urban)
11.
Sex ratio –
995 (987 in 2001); increase in rural by 1 point to 993 and increase in urban by
16 points to 998.
12.
Highest sex
ratio – Nilgiri district (1041);
Rural – Nilgiri district (1055);
Urban – Thanjavur district (1038).
13.
Lowest sex
ratio – 1. Salem (934), 2. Ramanathapuram (960)
14.
Child
population (0-6 years) – declined in rural (-13.73%) and grown in urban
(+8.02%) (Note : decline in child population means decline in fertility, which
shows that the stage is in 3rd stage of demographic transition)
15.
Child sex
ratio – 946 (942 in 2001); Rural -937(933 in 2001) and Urban – 957(955 in
2001).
16.
Rural child
ratio – Niligiri (highest -979); Cuddalore (lowest – 878)
17.
Urban child
ratio – Nilgiri (highest – 984); Ariyalur (lowest – 908)
18.
Highest
number of rural literate – Villupuram;
Highest number of urban literate – Chennai
followed by Coimbatore.
19.
Literacy
rate - Male literacy rate – 86.81 ( R-82.08,
U-91.82); Female literacy rate – 73.86 (R-65.52, U-82.67)
20.
Highest
literacy rate in urban and rural – Kanyakumari
district (R-90.95; U-92.40)
21.
Lowest
literacy rate in urban and rural – Dharmapuri
district (R-62.69; U-74.43)
22.
Highest male literacy rate in rural – Kanyakumari (92.49)
23.
Highest male
literacy rate in urban – Pudukottai and
Sivaganga (94.17)
24.
Lowest male
literacy in urban and rural – Dharmapuri
(R-67.30, U-78.17)
25.
Lowest
female literacy rate in rural – Salem
(56.71)
26.
Lowest
female literacy rate in urban – Dharmapuri
(70.25)
27.
More
Villages in – Villupuram district (1486); Less in Nilgiri (40)
28.
No if
sub-districts more in – Tirunelveli and Pudukottai (11 each)
29.
No of
statutory towns more in – Kanyakumari district
30.
No of census
towns more in – Kancheepuram district
Summary of above in tabular format
*denotes excluding Chennai. Means
Chennai is the highest or lowest and the mentioned is the next to it. B in sex denotes both.
|
Sex
|
Category
|
Highest
|
Lowest
|
|
B
|
Population
|
Kancheepuram*
|
Nilgiri
|
|
B
|
Rural Population
|
Villupuram
|
Nilgiri
|
|
B
|
Urban Population
|
Coimbatore*
|
Ariyalur
|
|
B
|
Decade growth rate in urban
|
Kancheepuram
|
Nilgiri
|
|
B
|
Decade growth rate in rural
|
Villupuram
|
Kanyakumari
|
|
B
|
Proportion of rural population
|
Ariyalur
|
Kanyakumari
|
|
B
|
Proportion of urban population
|
Kanyakumari
|
Ariyalur
|
|
-
|
Sex Ratio
|
Nilgiri
|
Salem
|
|
-
|
Rural Sex ratio
|
Nilgiri
|
Salem
|
|
-
|
Urban Sex ratio
|
Thanjavur
|
Krishnagiri
|
|
-
|
Child Sex ratio
|
Nilgiri
|
Ariyalur
|
|
-
|
Rural child sex ratio
|
Nilgiri
|
Cuddalore
|
|
-
|
Urban child sex ratio
|
Nilgiri
|
Ariyalur
|
|
B
|
Child Population
|
Vellore*
|
Perambalur
|
|
B
|
Rural Child Population
|
Villupuram
|
Nilgiri
|
|
B
|
Urban Child Population
|
Kancheepuram*
|
Ariyalur
|
|
B
|
Decade child population growth
|
Kancheepuram
|
Nilgiri
|
|
B
|
Decade rural child population growth
|
Villupuram
|
Kanyakumari
|
|
B
|
Decade urban child population growth
|
Kancheepuram
|
Nilgiri
|
|
B
|
Highest rural literates
|
Villupuram
|
Nilgiris
|
|
B
|
Highest Urban literates
|
Chennai
|
Ariyalur
|
|
R+U
|
Literacy Rate
|
Kaniyakumari
|
Dharmapuri
|
|
-
|
Male Literacy Rate - Rural
|
Kaniyakumari
|
Dharmapuri
|
|
-
|
Male Literacy rate - Urban
|
Sivanganga & Pudukottai
|
Dharmapuri
|
|
-
|
Female Literacy rate- rural
|
Kanyakumari
|
Salem
|
|
-
|
Female literacy rate - urban
|
Kanyakumari
|
Dharmapuri
|
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