Census Data Center · India 2011

Disability — TAMIL NADU

Disabled population by type, age, education, employment and marital status

Population7,21,47,030
Sex ratio996
Literacy80.1%
Population7,21,47,030TAMIL NADU
Males3,61,37,975
Females3,60,09,055
Workers3,28,84,681
Literate5,18,37,507

Population Overview

Total population7,21,47,030
Males3,61,37,975
Females3,60,09,055
Sex ratio996per 1,000 males
Households1,85,24,982

Literacy

Literate5,18,37,507
Literate males2,80,40,491
Literate females2,37,97,016
Literacy %71.8%
Illiterate2,03,09,523
Illiterate males80,97,484
Illiterate females1,22,12,039

Children (0–6 years)

Children 0–674,23,832
Boys 0–638,20,276
Girls 0–636,03,556
Child %10.3%

SC / ST

SC population1,44,38,445
SC males72,04,687
SC females72,33,758
SC %20%
ST population7,94,697
ST males4,01,068
ST females3,93,629
ST %1.1%

Workers — Total

Total workers3,28,84,681
Worker males2,14,34,978
Worker females1,14,49,703
Work participation %45.6%
Non-workers3,92,62,349
Non-worker males1,47,02,997
Non-worker females2,45,59,352

Workers — Main

Main workers2,79,42,181
Main males1,89,61,194
Main females89,80,987
Cultivators38,55,375
Cultivator males25,12,165
Cultivator females13,43,210
Agri labourers72,34,101
Agri labourer males38,08,523
Agri labourer females34,25,578
Household industry11,19,458
HH industry males5,14,637
HH industry females6,04,821
Other workers1,57,33,247
Other males1,21,25,869
Other females36,07,378

Workers — Marginal

Marginal workers49,42,500
Marginal males24,73,784
Marginal females24,68,716
Marg. cultivators3,93,082
Marg. agri labourers23,72,446
Marg. HH industry2,45,435
Marg. other19,31,537

Workers — Marginal (detail)

Marg. cultivator males2,20,314
Marg. cultivator females1,72,768
Marg. agri lab. males10,34,184
Marg. agri lab. females13,38,262
Marg. HH industry males76,495
Marg. HH industry females1,68,940
Marg. other males11,42,791
Marg. other females7,88,746

Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months

3–6 mo workers42,19,345
3–6 mo males21,37,221
3–6 mo females20,82,124
3–6 mo cultivators3,48,147
3–6 mo cult. males1,96,962
3–6 mo cult. females1,51,185
3–6 mo agri lab.20,40,284
3–6 mo agri lab. males9,03,104
3–6 mo agri lab. females11,37,180
3–6 mo HH industry1,87,272
3–6 mo HH ind. males59,371
3–6 mo HH ind. females1,27,901
3–6 mo other16,43,642
3–6 mo other males9,77,784
3–6 mo other females6,65,858

Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months

0–3 mo workers7,23,155
0–3 mo males3,36,563
0–3 mo females3,86,592
0–3 mo cultivators44,935
0–3 mo cult. males23,352
0–3 mo cult. females21,583
0–3 mo agri lab.3,32,162
0–3 mo agri lab. males1,31,080
0–3 mo agri lab. females2,01,082
0–3 mo HH industry58,163
0–3 mo HH ind. males17,124
0–3 mo HH ind. females41,039
0–3 mo other2,87,895
0–3 mo other males1,65,007
0–3 mo other females1,22,888
Top districts by population

districts comparison

32 districts

districts-wise data

# DistrictPopulationMalesFemalesWorkersLiterate
1 Chennai46,46,73223,35,84423,10,88818,17,29737,76,276
2 Kancheepuram39,98,25220,12,95819,85,29416,73,81430,13,382
3 Vellore39,36,33119,61,68819,74,64316,89,33027,73,928
4 Thiruvallur37,28,10418,76,06218,52,04215,38,05427,91,721
5 Salem34,82,05617,81,57117,00,48516,94,16022,85,562
6 Viluppuram34,58,87317,40,81917,18,05417,03,24921,95,776
7 Coimbatore34,58,04517,29,29717,28,74815,67,95026,35,907
8 Tirunelveli 30,77,23315,20,91215,56,32114,36,45422,73,457
9 Madurai30,38,25215,26,47515,11,77713,54,63222,73,430
10 Tiruchirappalli27,22,29013,52,28413,70,00612,13,97920,38,981
11 Cuddalore26,05,91413,11,69712,94,21711,69,88018,15,281
12 Tiruppur24,79,05212,46,15912,32,89312,66,13717,60,566
13 Tiruvannamalai24,64,87512,35,88912,28,98612,38,17716,26,813
14 Thanjavur24,05,89011,82,41612,23,4749,74,07917,90,998
15 Erode22,51,74411,29,86811,21,87611,95,77314,92,662
16 Dindigul21,59,77510,80,93810,78,83711,05,15514,81,834
17 Virudhunagar19,42,2889,67,7099,74,5799,50,15813,98,788
18 Krishnagiri18,79,8099,60,2329,19,5778,77,77911,87,958
19 Kanniyakumari18,70,3749,26,3459,44,0296,79,62015,48,738
20 Thoothukkudi17,50,1768,65,0218,85,1557,48,09513,49,697
21 Namakkal 17,26,6018,69,2808,57,3218,98,24511,76,131
22 Pudukkottai16,18,3458,03,1888,15,1577,61,69311,10,545
23 Nagapattinam 16,16,4507,98,1278,18,3236,71,99412,13,008
24 Dharmapuri15,06,8437,74,3037,32,5407,51,1709,17,709
25 Ramanathapuram13,53,4456,82,6586,70,7876,02,9779,78,946
26 Sivaganga13,39,1016,68,6726,70,4296,20,1719,59,744
27 Thiruvarur12,64,2776,26,6936,37,5845,40,1689,46,471
28 Theni 12,45,8996,25,6836,20,2165,91,6428,70,080
29 Karur 10,64,4935,28,1845,36,3095,43,2987,27,044
30 Ariyalur 7,54,8943,74,7033,80,1913,59,8514,80,604
31 The Nilgiris7,35,3943,60,1433,75,2513,49,9745,69,647
32 Perambalur 5,65,2232,82,1572,83,0662,99,7263,75,823