Madurai vs Thiruvallur
Population
30.4 lakh
37.3 lakh
Areakm²
3,710
3,394
Population densityper km²
819
1,098
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
990
987
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
932
946
Literacy rate%
83.45
84.03
Female literacy%
77.16
78.32
Urban population%
60.8
65.1
Scheduled Castes% of people
13.5
22.0
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.4
1.3
Workers in farming% of workers
34.4
22.4
Household industry workers% of workers
3.5
3.8
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
74.6
81.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
38.8
55.6
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
46.7
56.9
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.