Tirunelveli city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Tirunelveli Metropolitan Region. The Tirunelveli city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.
The current estimate population of Tirunelveli city in 2025 is
690,000
, while Tirunelveli metro population is estimated at
726,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Tirunelveli city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Tirunelveli city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Tirunelveli city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Tirunelveli in 2011 is 473,637. Although Tirunelveli city has population of 473,637; its urban / metropolitan population is 497,826.
Tirunelveli Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Tirunelveli city are 385,976 of which 198,745 are males while 187,231 are females. Average literacy rate of Tirunelveli city is 90.39 percent of which male and female literacy was 94.75 and 86.18 percent.
The sex ratio of Tirunelveli city is 1027 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 951 per 1000 boys.
Tirunelveli Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Tirunelveli city numbers 17,344 in which population of 68,202 resides. This is around 14.40% of total population of Tirunelveli city.
Tirunelveli Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Tirunelveli city with 69.00 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Tirunelveli with approximately 20.02 % following it.
In Tirunelveli city, Christinity is followed by 10.59 %, Jainism by 0.02 %, Sikhism by 0.01 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.00 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.35 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
69.00 %
326,833
Muslims
20.02 %
94,802
Christian
10.59 %
50,172
Sikh
0.01 %
39
Buddhist
0.01 %
47
Jain
0.02 %
73
Others
0.00 %
5
Not Stated
0.35 %
1,666
Tirunelveli Future Population 2021-2031
Tirunelveli
City
Metropolitan
2011
473,637
497,826
2021
615,000
647,000
2022
633,000
666,000
2023
651,000
685,000
2024
670,000
705,000
2025
690,000
726,000
2026
710,000
747,000
2027
731,000
769,000
2028
752,000
792,000
2029
774,000
815,000
2030
797,000
839,000
2031
820,000
864,000
Tirunelveli City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
473,637
233,659
239,978
Literates
385,976
198,745
187,231
Children (0-6)
46,624
23,894
22,730
Average Literacy (%)
90.39 %
94.75 %
86.18 %
Sexratio
1027
Child Sexratio
951
Tirunelveli Metropolitan Region
Tirunelveli city comes under Tirunelveli Metropolitan area.