District of Tamil Nadu

Virudhunagar: 19.4 lakh people, one story

People
19,42,288
Area
4,241 km²
Literacy
80.15%
Sex ratio
1,007
Big number19.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 458 to every km².See the numbers →

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VirudhunagarTamil Nadu

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

Virudhunagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population19.4 lakh#17/32 in Tamil Nadu
Area4,241 km²#16/32 in Tamil Nadu
Population density458 per km²#18/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 555
Sex ratio1,007 females per 1000 males#12/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)955 girls per 1000 boys#13/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 943
Literacy rate80.15%#15/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 80.09
Female literacy72.69%#15/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 73.44
Urban population50.5%#12/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 48.4

People & society

80.2% can read. 1,007 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
87.786.8
Female literacy
72.773.4
Scheduled Castes
20.620.0
Scheduled Tribes
0.11.1
Living in towns
50.548.4

Gender literacy gap: 15.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 93.8%
  • Muslim 2.5%
  • Christian 3.5%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    28 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    9.5 lakh workers, 48.9% of all people

    This district
    Tamil Nadu
    • Cultivators 6.0%
    • Farm labourers 22.0%
    • Household industry 3.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 68.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 69% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      68.974.5
      Latrine at home
      22.738.5
      Tap water
      61.763.7
      LPG / PNG
      32.038.3
      Phone
      48.259.8
      Television
      62.269.4
      Bicycle
      38.536.1
      Two-wheeler
      16.325.8

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.