Madurai city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under MADURAI Metropolitan Region. The Madurai city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Madurai in 2011 is 1,017,865; of which male and female are 509,302 and 508,563 respectively. Although Madurai city has population of 1,017,865; its urban / metropolitan population is 1,465,625 of which 733,821 are males and 731,804 are females.
Madurai Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Madurai city in 2023 is
1,402,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Madurai city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Madurai city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Madurai city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Madurai Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Madurai city are 834,104 of which 433,860 are males while 400,244 are females. Average literacy rate of Madurai city is 90.91 percent of which male and female literacy was 94.77 and 87.06 percent.
Madurai Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Madurai city is 999 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 949 per 1000 boys.
Madurai Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Madurai city are 100,324 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 51,485 boys while 48,839 are girls. The child forms 9.86 % of total population of Madurai City.
Madurai Slums
Total no. of Slums in Madurai city numbers 72,799 in which population of 278,153 resides. This is around 27.33% of total population of Madurai city.
Madurai City Population 2011
Description
City
Madurai
Government
Municipal Corporation
Urban Agglomeration
MADURAI Metropolitan
State
Tamil Nadu
Madurai City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
1,017,865
509,302
508,563
Literates
834,104
433,860
400,244
Children (0-6)
100,324
51,485
48,839
Average Literacy (%)
90.91 %
94.77 %
87.06 %
Sexratio
999
Child Sexratio
949
Madurai Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Madurai city with 85.83 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Madurai with approximately 8.54 % following it.
In Madurai city, Christinity is followed by 5.18 %, Jainism by 0.13 %, Sikhism by 0.02 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.29 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Description
Percentage
Total
Hindu
85.83 %
873,601
Muslims
8.54 %
86,886
Christian
5.18 %
52,737
Sikh
0.02 %
164
Buddhist
0.01 %
74
Jain
0.13 %
1,324
Others
0.01 %
77
Not Stated
0.29 %
3,002
MADURAI Metropolitan Region
Madurai city comes under MADURAI Metropolitan area.
Madurai Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
1,465,625
733,821
731,804
Literates
1,195,252
622,575
572,677
Children (0-6)
145,629
74,793
70,836
Average Literacy (%)
90.55 %
94.47 %
86.64 %
Sexratio
997
Child Sexratio
947
Madurai Metropolitan Areas
Anaiyur, Avaniapuram, Chinna Anuppanadi, Harveypatti, Kannanendal, Madurai, Melamadai, Nagavakulam, Nilaiyur I Bit, Paravai, Thirunagar, Thiruparankundram, Thiruparankundram, Vandiyur, and Vilangudi