Chennai vs Thiruvallur
Population
46.5 lakh
37.3 lakh
Areakm²
175
3,394
Population densityper km²
26,553
1,098
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
989
987
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
950
946
Literacy rate%
90.18
84.03
Female literacy%
86.64
78.32
Urban population%
100.0
65.1
Scheduled Castes% of people
16.8
22.0
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.2
1.3
Workers in farming% of workers
1.5
22.4
Household industry workers% of workers
2.1
3.8
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
83.4
81.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
69.3
55.6
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
80.5
56.9
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.