Kanniyakumari vs Thiruvallur
Population
18.7 lakh
37.3 lakh
Areakm²
1,684
3,394
Population densityper km²
1,111
1,098
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
1,019
987
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
964
946
Literacy rate%
91.75
84.03
Female literacy%
89.90
78.32
Urban population%
82.3
65.1
Scheduled Castes% of people
4.0
22.0
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.4
1.3
Workers in farming% of workers
13.0
22.4
Household industry workers% of workers
5.3
3.8
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
77.9
81.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
33.3
55.6
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
71.5
56.9
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.