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Tiruvottiyur Population 2024

Tiruvottiyur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Chennai Metropolitan Region. The Tiruvottiyur city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.


The current estimate population of Tiruvottiyur city in 2024 is 352,000 , while Tiruvottiyur metro population is estimated at 12,290,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Tiruvottiyur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Tiruvottiyur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Tiruvottiyur city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Tiruvottiyur in 2011 is 249,446. Although Tiruvottiyur city has population of 249,446; its urban / metropolitan population is 8,653,521.

Tiruvottiyur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Tiruvottiyur city are 197,146 of which 103,034 are males while 94,112 are females. Average literacy rate of Tiruvottiyur city is 88.59 percent of which male and female literacy was 92.39 and 84.77 percent. The sex ratio of Tiruvottiyur city is 991 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 952 per 1000 boys.

Tiruvottiyur Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Tiruvottiyur city numbers 21,258 in which population of 83,800 resides. This is around 33.59% of total population of Tiruvottiyur city.

Tiruvottiyur Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Tiruvottiyur city with 83.70 % followers. Christianity is second most popular religion in Tiruvottiyur city with 8.56 % following it. In Tiruvottiyur city, Islam is followed by 6.93 %, Jainism by 0.15 %, Sikhism by 0.07 % and Buddhism by 0.04 %. Around 0.03 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.52 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 83.70 % 208,783
Muslims 6.93 % 17,287
Christian 8.56 % 21,344
Sikh 0.07 % 172
Buddhist 0.04 % 99
Jain 0.15 % 368
Others 0.03 % 85
Not Stated 0.52 % 1,308

Chennai Future Population 2021-2031

Chennai City Metropolitan
2011 249,446 8,653,521
2021 324,000 11,249,000
2022 333,000 11,586,000
2023 342,000 11,933,000
2024 352,000 12,290,000
2025 362,000 12,658,000
2026 372,000 13,037,000
2027 383,000 13,428,000
2028 394,000 13,830,000
2029 405,000 14,244,000
2030 417,000 14,671,000
2031 429,000 15,111,000
Tiruvottiyur City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 249,446 125,300 124,146
Literates 197,146 103,034 94,112
Children (0-6) 26,903 13,782 13,121
Average Literacy (%) 88.59 % 92.39 % 84.77 %
Sexratio 991
Child Sexratio 952

Chennai Metropolitan Region

Tiruvottiyur city comes under Chennai Metropolitan area.
Chennai Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 8,653,521 4,358,612 4,294,909
Literates 7,000,270 3,660,527 3,339,743
Children (0-6) 895,024 458,657 436,367
Average Literacy (%) 90.23 % 93.86 % 86.55 %
Sexratio 985
Child Sexratio 951
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