Literate5,18,37,507TAMIL NADU
Literate males2,80,40,491
Literate females2,37,97,016
Illiterate2,03,09,523
Literacy %71.8%
Population7,21,47,030
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
Population Overview
Total population7,21,47,030
Males3,61,37,975
Females3,60,09,055
Sex ratio996per 1,000 males
Households1,85,24,982
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 literate
districts comparison
32 districts
districts-wise data
| # | District | Literate | Lit. males | Lit. females | Illiterate | Literacy % | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai | 37,76,276 | 19,68,079 | 18,08,197 | 8,70,456 | 81.3% | 46,46,732 |
| 2 | Kancheepuram | 30,13,382 | 16,11,461 | 14,01,921 | 9,84,870 | 75.4% | 39,98,252 |
| 3 | Vellore | 27,73,928 | 15,04,355 | 12,69,573 | 11,62,403 | 70.5% | 39,36,331 |
| 4 | Thiruvallur | 27,91,721 | 14,95,711 | 12,96,010 | 9,36,383 | 74.9% | 37,28,104 |
| 5 | Salem | 22,85,562 | 12,85,107 | 10,00,455 | 11,96,494 | 65.6% | 34,82,056 |
| 6 | Viluppuram | 21,95,776 | 12,34,479 | 9,61,297 | 12,63,097 | 63.5% | 34,58,873 |
| 7 | Coimbatore | 26,35,907 | 13,94,790 | 12,41,117 | 8,22,138 | 76.2% | 34,58,045 |
| 8 | Tirunelveli | 22,73,457 | 12,10,710 | 10,62,747 | 8,03,776 | 73.9% | 30,77,233 |
| 9 | Madurai | 22,73,430 | 12,23,810 | 10,49,620 | 7,64,822 | 74.8% | 30,38,252 |
| 10 | Tiruchirappalli | 20,38,981 | 10,87,765 | 9,51,216 | 6,83,309 | 74.9% | 27,22,290 |
| 11 | Cuddalore | 18,15,281 | 10,00,322 | 8,14,959 | 7,90,633 | 69.7% | 26,05,914 |
| 12 | Tiruppur | 17,60,566 | 9,59,623 | 8,00,943 | 7,18,486 | 71% | 24,79,052 |
| 13 | Tiruvannamalai | 16,26,813 | 9,09,803 | 7,17,010 | 8,38,062 | 66% | 24,64,875 |
| 14 | Thanjavur | 17,90,998 | 9,44,264 | 8,46,734 | 6,14,892 | 74.4% | 24,05,890 |
| 15 | Erode | 14,92,662 | 8,28,300 | 6,64,362 | 7,59,082 | 66.3% | 22,51,744 |
| 16 | Dindigul | 14,81,834 | 8,16,180 | 6,65,654 | 6,77,941 | 68.6% | 21,59,775 |
| 17 | Virudhunagar | 13,98,788 | 7,60,375 | 6,38,413 | 5,43,500 | 72% | 19,42,288 |
| 18 | Krishnagiri | 11,87,958 | 6,67,062 | 5,20,896 | 6,91,851 | 63.2% | 18,79,809 |
| 19 | Kanniyakumari | 15,48,738 | 7,80,541 | 7,68,197 | 3,21,636 | 82.8% | 18,70,374 |
| 20 | Thoothukkudi | 13,49,697 | 7,03,106 | 6,46,591 | 4,00,479 | 77.1% | 17,50,176 |
| 21 | Namakkal | 11,76,131 | 6,53,312 | 5,22,819 | 5,50,470 | 68.1% | 17,26,601 |
| 22 | Pudukkottai | 11,10,545 | 6,08,776 | 5,01,769 | 5,07,800 | 68.6% | 16,18,345 |
| 23 | Nagapattinam | 12,13,008 | 6,40,916 | 5,72,092 | 4,03,442 | 75% | 16,16,450 |
| 24 | Dharmapuri | 9,17,709 | 5,27,599 | 3,90,110 | 5,89,134 | 60.9% | 15,06,843 |
| 25 | Ramanathapuram | 9,78,946 | 5,36,487 | 4,42,459 | 3,74,499 | 72.3% | 13,53,445 |
| 26 | Sivaganga | 9,59,744 | 5,26,304 | 4,33,440 | 3,79,357 | 71.7% | 13,39,101 |
| 27 | Thiruvarur | 9,46,471 | 5,03,085 | 4,43,386 | 3,17,806 | 74.9% | 12,64,277 |
| 28 | Theni | 8,70,080 | 4,79,403 | 3,90,677 | 3,75,819 | 69.8% | 12,45,899 |
| 29 | Karur | 7,27,044 | 4,01,726 | 3,25,318 | 3,37,449 | 68.3% | 10,64,493 |
| 30 | Ariyalur | 4,80,604 | 2,69,582 | 2,11,022 | 2,74,290 | 63.7% | 7,54,894 |
| 31 | The Nilgiris | 5,69,647 | 2,99,447 | 2,70,200 | 1,65,747 | 77.5% | 7,35,394 |
| 32 | Perambalur | 3,75,823 | 2,08,011 | 1,67,812 | 1,89,400 | 66.5% | 5,65,223 |