Thanjavur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Thanjavur Metropolitan Region. The Thanjavur city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Thanjavur in 2011 is 222,943; of which male and female are 109,199 and 113,744 respectively. Although Thanjavur city has population of 222,943; its urban / metropolitan population is 291,067 of which 142,671 are males and 148,396 are females.
Thanjavur Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Thanjavur city in 2023 is
305,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. 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.
Thanjavur Literacy Rate
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.
Thanjavur Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Thanjavur city is 1042 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 940 per 1000 boys.
Thanjavur Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Thanjavur city are 19,860 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 10,237 boys while 9,623 are girls. The child forms 8.91 % of total population of Thanjavur City.
Thanjavur Slums
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 City Population 2011
Description
City
Thanjavur
Government
Municipality
Urban Agglomeration
Thanjavur Metropolitan
State
Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur City
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 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'.
Description
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 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