Ozhukarai city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Puducherry Metropolitan Region. The Ozhukarai city is located in Puducherry state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Ozhukarai in 2011 is 300,104; of which male and female are 148,464 and 151,640 respectively. Although Ozhukarai city has population of 300,104; its urban / metropolitan population is 657,209 of which 323,489 are males and 333,720 are females.
Ozhukarai Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Ozhukarai city in 2023 is
413,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Ozhukarai city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Ozhukarai city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Ozhukarai city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Ozhukarai Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Ozhukarai city are 240,929 of which 124,773 are males while 116,156 are females. Average literacy rate of Ozhukarai city is 89.35 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.86 and 84.97 percent.
Ozhukarai Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Ozhukarai city is 1021 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 963 per 1000 boys.
Ozhukarai Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Ozhukarai city are 30,464 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 15,523 boys while 14,941 are girls. The child forms 10.15 % of total population of Ozhukarai City.
Ozhukarai Slums
Total no. of Slums in Ozhukarai city numbers 6,660 in which population of 27,642 resides. This is around 9.21% of total population of Ozhukarai city.
Ozhukarai City Population 2011
Description
City
Ozhukarai
Government
Municipality
Urban Agglomeration
Puducherry Metropolitan
State
Puducherry
Ozhukarai City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
300,104
148,464
151,640
Literates
240,929
124,773
116,156
Children (0-6)
30,464
15,523
14,941
Average Literacy (%)
89.35 %
93.86 %
84.97 %
Sexratio
1021
Child Sexratio
963
Ozhukarai Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Ozhukarai city with 89.48 % followers.
Christianity is second most popular religion in Ozhukarai city with 7.85 % following it.
In Ozhukarai city, Islam is followed by 2.18 %, Jainism by 0.30 %, Sikhism by 0.03 % and Buddhism by 0.02 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.13 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Description
Percentage
Total
Hindu
89.48 %
268,527
Muslims
2.18 %
6,538
Christian
7.85 %
23,548
Sikh
0.03 %
81
Buddhist
0.02 %
74
Jain
0.30 %
898
Others
0.02 %
49
Not Stated
0.13 %
389
Puducherry Metropolitan Region
Ozhukarai city comes under Puducherry Metropolitan area.
Puducherry Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
657,209
323,489
333,720
Literates
522,868
270,672
252,196
Children (0-6)
66,835
33,792
33,043
Average Literacy (%)
88.57 %
93.43 %
83.88 %
Sexratio
1032
Child Sexratio
978
Puducherry Metropolitan Areas
Ariankuppam, Kurumbapet (GP), Manavely, Odiampet, Ozhukarai, Puducherry, and Villianur