District of Tamil Nadu

Tirunelveli: 30.8 lakh people, one story

People
30,77,233
Area
6,693 km²
Literacy
82.50%
Sex ratio
1,023
#1 in Tamil NaduHousehold industry workers: 16.7 % of workers. Rank 1 of 32 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in Tamil NaduArea: 6,693 km². Rank 2 of 32 districts.See the numbers →Big number30.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 460 to every km².See the numbers →

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TirunelveliTamil Nadu

The history, places and schemes of Tirunelveli are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Tirunelveli in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population30.8 lakh#8/32 in Tamil Nadu
Area6,693 km²#2/32 in Tamil Nadu
Population density460 per km²#17/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 555
Sex ratio1,023 females per 1000 males#4/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)960 girls per 1000 boys#6/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 943
Literacy rate82.50%#13/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 80.09
Female literacy75.98%#13/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 73.44
Urban population49.4%#14/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 48.4

People & society

82.5% can read. 1,023 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
89.286.8
Female literacy
76.073.4
Scheduled Castes
18.520.0
Scheduled Tribes
0.31.1
Living in towns
49.448.4

Gender literacy gap: 13.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 78.8%
  • Muslim 9.9%
  • Christian 11.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    34 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    14.4 lakh workers, 46.7% of all people

    This district
    Tamil Nadu
    • Cultivators 8.1%
    • Farm labourers 26.4%
    • Household industry 16.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 48.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 73% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      73.274.5
      Latrine at home
      36.738.5
      Tap water
      68.763.7
      LPG / PNG
      34.038.3
      Phone
      53.759.8
      Television
      65.369.4
      Bicycle
      35.636.1
      Two-wheeler
      18.325.8

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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