Virudhunagar vs Thiruvallur
Population
19.4 lakh
37.3 lakh
Areakm²
4,241
3,394
Population densityper km²
458
1,098
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
1,007
987
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
955
946
Literacy rate%
80.15
84.03
Female literacy%
72.69
78.32
Urban population%
50.5
65.1
Scheduled Castes% of people
20.6
22.0
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.1
1.3
Workers in farming% of workers
28.0
22.4
Household industry workers% of workers
3.7
3.8
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
68.9
81.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
32.0
55.6
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
22.7
56.9
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.