All states & union territories
Tamil Nadu
State · Rank 7 of 35 by population
7.21 CrPopulation
Population7,21,47,030
3.61 Cr male3.60 Cr female
Literacy rate80.09%
India 72.98%
Population
- Population
- 7.21 CrIndia 121.09 Cr
- Density
- 555India 382
- Growth
- +15.61%India +17.64%
- Urban %
- 48.40%India 31.14%
Literacy
- Literacy
- 80.09%India 72.98%
- Male Lit.
- 86.77%India 80.88%
- Female Lit.
- 73.44%India 64.63%
- Lit. Gap
- 13.33 ppIndia 16.25 pp
Society
- Sex Ratio
- 996 / 1000India 943 / 1000
- Child Sex Ratio
- 943 / 1000India 918 / 1000
- Under 7
- 10.29%India 13.59%
- SC %
- 20.01%India 16.63%
- ST %
- 1.10%India 8.63%
- Household
- 3.89India 4.85
Work
- Workers
- 45.58%India 39.80%
- Female Work
- 31.80%India 25.52%
- Main Workers
- 84.97%India 75.24%
- Non-Workers
- 54.42%India 60.20%