District of Tamil Nadu

Tiruvannamalai: 24.6 lakh people, one story

People
24,64,875
Area
6,188 km²
Literacy
74.21%
Sex ratio
994
Top 3 in Tamil NaduScheduled Tribes: 3.7 % of people. Rank 3 of 32 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in Tamil NaduArea: 6,188 km². Rank 3 of 32 districts.See the numbers →Big number24.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 398 to every km².See the numbers →

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TiruvannamalaiTamil Nadu

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

Tiruvannamalai in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population24.6 lakh#13/32 in Tamil Nadu
Area6,188 km²#3/32 in Tamil Nadu
Population density398 per km²#20/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 555
Sex ratio994 females per 1000 males#18/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)930 girls per 1000 boys#25/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 943
Literacy rate74.21%#26/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 80.09
Female literacy65.32%#26/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 73.44
Urban population20.1%#27/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 48.4

People & society

74.2% can read. 994 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.186.8
Female literacy
65.373.4
Scheduled Castes
22.920.0
Scheduled Tribes
3.71.1
Living in towns
20.148.4

Gender literacy gap: 17.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 93.1%
  • Muslim 3.7%
  • Christian 2.7%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    66 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    12.4 lakh workers, 50.2% of all people

    This district
    Tamil Nadu
    • Cultivators 23.6%
    • Farm labourers 42.4%
    • Household industry 3.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 30.2%

      Schemes & development

      Only 77% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      77.374.5
      Latrine at home
      19.038.5
      Tap water
      69.963.7
      LPG / PNG
      24.838.3
      Phone
      54.859.8
      Television
      71.169.4
      Bicycle
      43.536.1
      Two-wheeler
      19.625.8

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.