Madurai is a Municipal Corporation city in district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Madurai city is divided into 72 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Madurai Municipal Corporation has population of 1,017,865 of which 509,302 are males while 508,563 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 100324 which is 9.86 % of total population of Madurai (M Corp). In Madurai Municipal Corporation, Female Sex Ratio is of 999 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Madurai is around 949 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Madurai city is 90.91 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Madurai, Male literacy is around 94.77 % while female literacy rate is 87.06 %.
Madurai Municipal Corporation has total administration over 266,449 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.
Madurai 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Madurai Municipal Corporation in 2024 is approximately
1,444,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Madurai city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Madurai city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Madurai town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Madurai Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.27 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.31 % of total population in Madurai (M Corp).
Madurai Work Profile
Out of total population, 391,315 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 301,048 were males while 90,267 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 391315 working population, 92.90 % were engaged in Main Work while 7.10 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.