Chennai Census 2011

Chennai, Tamilnadu

Population of Chennai

Chennai district is located in Tamilnadu . Population of Chennai district is 4681087 as per Census 2011. Chennai is 1th most Populous district out of total 32 districts in Tamilnadu and it is 27th most Populous district in India.The population density of Chennai is 26903 Persons per square Km.It is 1th most densely populated out of 32 districts in Tamilnadu and it is 2th most densely populated district out of total 640 districts in india.

Literacy rate of Chennai

Total Literacy rate of Chennai is 90.33%. This means 90.33 out of 100 persons of age more than 6 years are literate. It is ranked 2 in terms of literacy rate out of total 32 districts of Tamilnadu and 27 out of total 640 districts of India. Male Literacy of Chennai is 93.47% while female literacy stands at 87.16%.
Note: Serchhip district(98.76%) in Mizoram has highest literacy rate and Alirajpur district(37.2%) of Madhya Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate in India.

Sex-Ratio of Chennai

Sex-ratio of Chennai is 986 female per thousand male.
Note : Highest Sex-ratio of india is of Puducherry (1176) while lowest being from Daman district (533).
Note:All the details are as of Census 2011.

Area of Chennai

Area of Chennai is 174 Sq. Km. It is 32th largest district in Tamilnadu and 625th largest in India in terms of total area.
Note: Kutch district(45441 sq.km) of Gujarat is the largest and Mahe district(9 sq km) of Puducherry is the smallest district in India.

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