Thanjavur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Thanjavur Metropolitan Region. The Thanjavur city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.
The current estimate population of Thanjavur city in 2023 is
305,000
, while Thanjavur metro population is estimated at
400,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Thanjavur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Thanjavur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Thanjavur city, we will update the same here in 2023.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Thanjavur in 2011 is 222,943. Although Thanjavur city has population of 222,943; its urban / metropolitan population is 291,067.
Thanjavur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Thanjavur city are 185,364 of which 93,818 are males while 91,546 are females. Average literacy rate of Thanjavur city is 91.27 percent of which male and female literacy was 94.80 and 87.92 percent.
The sex ratio of Thanjavur city is 1042 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 940 per 1000 boys.
Thanjavur Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Thanjavur city numbers 11,083 in which population of 43,502 resides. This is around 19.51% of total population of Thanjavur city.
Thanjavur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Thanjavur city with 82.87 % followers.
Christianity is second most popular religion in Thanjavur city with 8.58 % following it.
In Thanjavur city, Islam is followed by 8.34 %, Jainism by 0.06 %, Sikhism by 0.01 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.11 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
82.87 %
184,757
Muslims
8.34 %
18,600
Christian
8.58 %
19,139
Sikh
0.01 %
23
Buddhist
0.01 %
17
Jain
0.06 %
142
Others
0.01 %
17
Not Stated
0.11 %
248
Thanjavur Future Population 2021-2031
Thanjavur
City
Metropolitan
2011
222,943
291,067
2021
289,000
378,000
2022
297,000
389,000
2023
305,000
400,000
2024
314,000
412,000
2025
323,000
424,000
2026
332,000
436,000
2027
341,000
449,000
2028
351,000
462,000
2029
361,000
475,000
2030
371,000
489,000
2031
382,000
503,000
Thanjavur City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
222,943
109,199
113,744
Literates
185,364
93,818
91,546
Children (0-6)
19,860
10,237
9,623
Average Literacy (%)
91.27 %
94.80 %
87.92 %
Sexratio
1042
Child Sexratio
940
Thanjavur Metropolitan Region
Thanjavur city comes under Thanjavur Metropolitan area.
Thanjavur Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
291,067
142,671
148,396
Literates
241,965
122,559
119,406
Children (0-6)
26,379
13,607
12,772
Average Literacy (%)
91.42 %
94.96 %
88.04 %
Sexratio
1040
Child Sexratio
939
Thanjavur Metropolitan Areas
Nanjikottai, Neelagiri, Pudupattinam, Thanjavur, and Vilar