Monday, January 14, 2013

Census 2011 Tamil Nadu


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 1stMarch 2011


Districts                         32
Taluks                         215
Villages                         15979
No. of Statutory Towns 721*
Municipal Corporations 10
Municipalities                 148
Town Panchayats         561
Census Towns                 374
TownShips                 2
Cantonments                 2

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

POPULATION
Top four districts; Chennai, Kancheepuram, Vellore, Thiruvallur.
Last four districts; Perambalur, The Nilgiris, Ariyalur, Karur. 


LITERACY RATE; TAMIL NADU-80.3
HIGHEST FOUR; Kanniyakumari, Chennai, Thoothukkudi, The Nilgiris.
LOWEST FOUR; Dharmapuri, Ariyalur, Viluppuram, Krishnagiri.

FEMALE LITERACY RATE; TAMIL NADU-73.9
HIGHEST FOUR; Kanniyakumari, Chennai, Thoothukkudi, Kancheepuram.
LOWEST FOUR; Dharmapuri, Ariyalur, Viluppuram, Krishnagiri.

Density of Population. India 382  Tamil Nadu 555

Decadal variation in population 2001-2011; HIGHEST-Kancheepuram.
                                                                   LOWEST - The Nilgiris

TAMIL NADU SEX RATIO; 995 HIGHEST-1901(1044)  LOWEST 1991 (974)

DISTRICTS WITH LOW CHILD SEX RATIO IN 2011
Dharmapuri
Namakkal
Salem
Theni