Kancheepuram city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Kancheepuram Metropolitan Region. The Kancheepuram city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Kancheepuram in 2011 is 164,384; of which male and female are 81,992 and 82,392 respectively. Although Kancheepuram city has population of 164,384; its urban / metropolitan population is 221,715 of which 110,749 are males and 110,966 are females.
Kancheepuram Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Kancheepuram city in 2023 is
225,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Kancheepuram city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Kancheepuram city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Kancheepuram city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Kancheepuram Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Kancheepuram city are 130,703 of which 68,601 are males while 62,102 are females. Average literacy rate of Kancheepuram city is 88.06 percent of which male and female literacy was 92.91 and 83.25 percent.
Kancheepuram Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Kancheepuram city is 1005 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 956 per 1000 boys.
Kancheepuram Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Kancheepuram city are 15,955 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 8,158 boys while 7,797 are girls. The child forms 9.71 % of total population of Kancheepuram City.
Kancheepuram Slums
Total no. of Slums in Kancheepuram city numbers 8,928 in which population of 35,816 resides. This is around 21.79% of total population of Kancheepuram city.
Kancheepuram City Population 2011
Description
City
Kancheepuram
Government
Municipality
Urban Agglomeration
Kancheepuram Metropolitan
State
Tamil Nadu
Kancheepuram City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
164,384
81,992
82,392
Literates
130,703
68,601
62,102
Children (0-6)
15,955
8,158
7,797
Average Literacy (%)
88.06 %
92.91 %
83.25 %
Sexratio
1005
Child Sexratio
956
Kancheepuram Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Kancheepuram city with 93.38 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Kancheepuram with approximately 5.24 % following it.
In Kancheepuram city, Christinity is followed by 0.83 %, Jainism by 0.40 %, Sikhism by 0.01 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.11 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Description
Percentage
Total
Hindu
93.38 %
153,507
Muslims
5.24 %
8,614
Christian
0.83 %
1,361
Sikh
0.01 %
24
Buddhist
0.01 %
16
Jain
0.40 %
664
Others
0.01 %
12
Not Stated
0.11 %
186
Kancheepuram Metropolitan Region
Kancheepuram city comes under Kancheepuram Metropolitan area.
Kancheepuram Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
221,715
110,749
110,966
Literates
173,166
91,333
81,833
Children (0-6)
21,879
11,174
10,705
Average Literacy (%)
86.65 %
91.72 %
81.62 %
Sexratio
1002
Child Sexratio
958
Kancheepuram Metropolitan Areas
Kancheepuram, Nattapettai, Sevilimedu, and Thenambakkam