Chennai is a Municipal Corporation city in district of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Chennai city is divided into 155 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Chennai Municipal Corporation has population of 4,646,732 of which 2,335,844 are males while 2,310,888 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 459324 which is 9.88 % of total population of Chennai (M Corp). In Chennai Municipal Corporation, Female Sex Ratio is of 989 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Chennai is around 950 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Chennai city is 90.18 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Chennai, Male literacy is around 93.70 % while female literacy rate is 86.64 %.
Chennai Municipal Corporation has total administration over 1,154,982 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Corporation limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Chennai 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Chennai Municipal Corporation in 2024 is approximately
6,599,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Chennai city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Chennai city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Chennai town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Chennai Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.22 % of total population in Chennai (M Corp).
Chennai Work Profile
Out of total population, 1,817,297 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 1,369,302 were males while 447,995 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 1817297 working population, 89.12 % were engaged in Main Work while 10.88 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.