State
The population development of the State of Tamil Nādu by census years.
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (Cf) 1981-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 1991-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | Population Projection (P) 2023-03-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | IND | Rep | New Delhi | 3,166,620 | 685,184,692 | 846,387,888 | 1,028,737,436 | 1,210,854,977 | 1,387,284,900 | → | ||
| Tamil Nādu | TAM | St | Chennai | 130,060 | 48,408,077 | 55,858,946 | 62,405,679 | 72,147,030 | 76,860,000 | 13006000 | → |
- Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
(2023) National Commission on Population (adapted by Unique Identification Authority of India).
Major Agglomerations
| Name | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai | 8,653,521 |
| 2 | Coimbatore | 2,136,916 |
| 3 | Madurai | 1,465,625 |
| 4 | Tiruchirāppalli | 1,022,518 |
| 5 | Tiruppūr | 963,173 |
| 6 | Salem | 917,414 |
| 7 | Erode | 521,891 |
| 8 | Tirunelveli | 497,826 |
| 9 | Vellore | 484,690 |
| 10 | Thoothukkudi | 411,628 |
Contents: Agglomerations & Cities
The population development of all urban agglomerations and single cities in Tamil Nādu with more than 20,000 inhabitants by census years.
| Name | Status | Population Census (Cf) 1991-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adirāmpattinam | Town | 26,645 | 27,657 | 31,066 | 1283 | → | |
| Ālangulam | Town | ... | 17,923 | 20,948 | 1465 | → | |
| Ambāsamudram | City | 59,661 | 58,485 | 62,043 | 3532 | → | |
| Āmbūr | City | 75,911 | 99,624 | 114,608 | 1797 | → | |
| Āndipatti Jakkampatti | Town | 19,153 | 23,002 | 27,287 | 1165 | → | |
| Annur | Town | 13,851 | 18,052 | 20,079 | 1200 | → | |
| Anthiyur | Town | 24,141 | 20,071 | 21,086 | 324 | → | |
| Arakonam | City | 71,928 | 78,686 | 78,395 | 906 | → | |
| Aralvaimozhi | Town | ... | 19,211 | 22,846 | 2854 | → | |
| Ārani | City | 54,898 | 60,815 | 63,671 | 1162 | → | |
| Arantāngi | City | 30,327 | 34,134 | 40,814 | 1536 | → | |
| Ariyalūr | City | 24,141 | 27,822 | 28,902 | 760 | → | |
| Aruppukkottai | City | 78,976 | 84,029 | 87,722 | 1496 | → | |
| Āttūr | City | 55,667 | 57,519 | 61,793 | 2762 | → | |
| Ayakudi | Town | ... | 23,370 | 27,156 | 6400 | → | |
| Batlagundu (Vattalkundu) | Town | ... | 22,011 | 22,928 | 1294 | → | |
| Bhuvanagiri | Town | 17,605 | 19,879 | 21,956 | 1140 | → | |
| Bodināyakkanūr | City | 66,500 | 73,410 | 75,675 | 2020 | → | |
| Chengalpattu | City | 54,127 | 62,582 | 62,579 | 609 | → | |
| Chengam | Town | ... | 23,223 | 26,980 | 800 | → | |
| Chennai [Madras] | Aggl | 5,421,985 | 6,560,242 | 8,653,521 | 78869 | → | |
| Chidambaram | City | 67,949 | 67,795 | 78,442 | 984 | → | |
| Chinnalapatti | Town | 22,866 | 23,351 | 26,285 | 322 | → | |
| Chinnamanur | City | 35,397 | 38,360 | 42,305 | 386 | → | |
| Chinnasalem | Town | ... | 19,516 | 25,106 | 931 | → | |
| Coimbatore | Aggl | 1,100,746 | 1,461,139 | 2,136,916 | 64212 | → | |
| Cuddalore | City | 144,561 | 158,634 | 173,636 | 2769 | → | |
| Denkanikottai | Town | ... | 19,328 | 24,252 | 2825 | → | |
| Devakottai | City | 38,265 | 40,497 | 51,865 | 1242 | → | |
| Devarshola-Nelliyalam | Town | 57,549 | 65,001 | 69,544 | 13000 | → | |
| Dhārāpuram | City | 48,393 | 64,984 | 56,007 | 702 | → | |
| Dharmapuri | City | 59,318 | 64,496 | 68,619 | 1165 | → | |
| Dindigul | Aggl | 182,477 | 196,955 | 292,512 | 0 | → | |
| Edaganasalai | Town | ... | 29,635 | 33,245 | 2265 | → | |
| Edaikodu | Town | ... | 23,453 | 25,378 | 630 | → | |
| Edakalinadu | Town | ... | 25,793 | 28,172 | 3400 | → | |
| Edāppādi | City | 41,190 | 48,815 | 54,823 | 2822 | → | |
| Erode | Aggl | 361,755 | 389,906 | 521,891 | 13047 | → | |
| Ezhudesam | Town | ... | 18,741 | 24,657 | 950 | → | |
| Gingee | Town | ... | 21,251 | 27,045 | 1166 | → | |
| Gobichettipālayam | City | 48,364 | 55,158 | 59,523 | 751 | → | |
| Gūdalūr (The Nilgiris District) | Town | ... | 43,096 | 49,535 | 0 | → | |
| Gūdalūr (Theni District) | Town | ... | 35,531 | 41,915 | 0 | → | |
| Gudiyātham | Aggl | 90,557 | 100,115 | 124,249 | 794 | → | |
| Harūr | Town | 19,822 | 21,523 | 25,469 | 2299 | → | |
| Hosūr | Aggl | 41,739 | 99,651 | 229,528 | 2880 | → | |
| Ilayangudi | Town | ... | 19,116 | 24,767 | 1624 | → | |
| Jayankondam | City | ... | 31,268 | 33,945 | 1650 | → | |
| Jolārpettai | City | 23,719 | 27,167 | 29,662 | 1360 | → | |
| Kadayal | Town | ... | 19,183 | 21,665 | 648 | → | |
| Kadayanallūr | City | 68,819 | 75,612 | 90,364 | 5225 | → | |
| Kalakkād | Town | ... | 27,090 | 30,921 | 1760 | → | |
| Kallakkurichi | City | 27,894 | 36,793 | 52,507 | 1601 | → | |
| Kambam | City | 52,435 | 58,891 | 68,090 | 700 | → | |
| Kānchipuram [Kancheepuram] | Aggl | 171,129 | 188,733 | 221,715 | 2737 | → | |
| Kāngeyam | Town | 21,259 | 28,258 | 32,147 | 2217 | → | |
| Kanniyākumāri (Kanyakumari) | Town | 17,225 | 19,739 | 22,453 | 491 | → | |
| Kāraikudi | Aggl | 110,926 | 125,717 | 181,851 | 4290 | → | |
| Kāramadai | Town | 20,065 | 27,817 | 35,166 | 1000 | → | |
| Karumandi Chellipalayam | Town | ... | 20,072 | 23,868 | 2560 | → | |
| Karūr | Aggl | 113,669 | 153,365 | 234,191 | 0 | → | |
| Kattiganapalli (Kathujuganapalli) | Town | ... | 15,962 | 22,714 | 0 | → | |
| Kattumannarkoil | Town | ... | 22,426 | 27,294 | 1234 | → | |
| Kīlakarai | City | 29,928 | 30,412 | 38,355 | 240 | → | |
| Kilapavoor (Kīzhapavur) | Town | ... | 20,422 | 22,231 | 0 | → | |
| Killiyur (Killiyoor) | Town | ... | 19,273 | 20,938 | 1008 | → | |
| Kodaikānāl | City | 27,423 | 32,969 | 36,501 | 2145 | → | |
| Kolachel (Colachel) | City | 24,305 | 23,787 | 23,227 | 518 | → | |
| Kollankodu | Town | ... | 34,425 | 38,385 | 640 | → | |
| Kooraikundu | Town | 11,238 | 19,669 | 22,361 | 1417 | → | |
| Kotagiri | Town | 29,557 | 29,192 | 28,207 | 3093 | → | |
| Kottakuppam | Town | ... | 24,075 | 31,726 | 959 | → | |
| Kottūr | Town | ... | 25,261 | 26,627 | 2672 | → | |
| Kovilpatti | City | 78,834 | 87,450 | 95,057 | 1258 | → | |
| Krishnagiri | City | 60,315 | 64,587 | 71,323 | 1150 | → | |
| Kulithalai | City | 23,996 | 26,161 | 27,910 | 1069 | → | |
| Kumārapālayam | Aggl | 97,160 | 104,646 | 195,071 | 0 | → | |
| Kumbakonam | Aggl | 150,540 | 160,767 | 167,155 | 1760 | → | |
| Kūttānallūr | City | 21,870 | 22,995 | 25,423 | 1231 | → | |
| Kuzhithurai | City | 19,226 | 20,503 | 21,307 | 515 | → | |
| Lakkiampatti | Town | ... | ... | 39,697 | 0 | → | |
| Lālgudi | Town | 21,595 | 23,405 | 23,740 | 882 | → | |
| Madathukulam | Town | ... | 20,352 | 20,620 | 919 | → | |
| Madurai | Aggl | 1,085,914 | 1,203,095 | 1,465,625 | 14343 | → | |
| Madurānthakam | City | 26,947 | 29,059 | 30,796 | 2167 | → | |
| Mallasamudram | Town | ... | 38,900 | 41,451 | 1676 | → | |
| Mānāmadurai | Town | 22,879 | 26,253 | 32,257 | 560 | → | |
| Manappārai | City | 31,837 | 35,770 | 40,510 | 2085 | → | |
| Mannārgudi | City | 56,552 | 61,478 | 66,999 | 1155 | → | |
| Marakkanam | Town | ... | 19,139 | 22,034 | 3712 | → | |
| Mayiladuthurai (Māyūram) | City | 76,837 | 84,505 | 85,632 | 1126 | → | |
| Mecheri | Town | ... | 20,455 | 25,676 | 1250 | → | |
| Melūr | City | 32,878 | 33,881 | 40,017 | 1502 | → | |
| Mettupālayam | City | 63,479 | 66,595 | 69,213 | 720 | → | |
| Mettūr | City | 45,773 | 53,633 | 52,813 | 13141 | → | |
| Mīnjūr | Town | ... | 23,742 | 28,337 | 862 | → | |
| Musiri | Town | 22,103 | 27,941 | 28,727 | 1560 | → | |
| Muthanampalayam | Town | ... | ... | 26,014 | 0 | → | |
| Muthupet | Town | ... | 17,383 | 21,722 | 1280 | → | |
| Nāgapattinam | City | 86,489 | 93,148 | 102,905 | 1490 | → | |
| Nāgercoil | City | 190,084 | 208,179 | 224,849 | 2427 | → | |
| Nāmagiripettai | Town | ... | 21,446 | 21,250 | 1786 | → | |
| Nāmakkal | City | 45,038 | 53,055 | 55,145 | 1024 | → | |
| Narasingapuram | City | ... | 18,690 | 23,084 | 604 | → | |
| Nattam | Town | ... | 22,545 | 23,660 | 1243 | → | |
| Nellikkuppam | City | 42,783 | 44,222 | 46,678 | 2149 | → | |
| Neyveli | Aggl | 126,889 | 138,035 | 179,150 | 14518 | → | |
| Nilakkottai | Town | 14,770 | 19,615 | 22,197 | 990 | → | |
| Oddanchatram | Town | ... | 24,132 | 30,064 | 1305 | → | |
| O' Valley | Town | 22,713 | 24,793 | 21,943 | 10355 | → | |
| P.N.Patti | Town | ... | 23,331 | 25,133 | 3936 | → | |
| Pacode | Town | ... | 22,781 | 24,050 | 417 | → | |
| Padmanābhapuram | City | 19,269 | 20,075 | 21,342 | 647 | → | |
| Painkulam | Town | ... | ... | 23,630 | 0 | → | |
| Pālakkodu | Town | 15,853 | 18,667 | 20,959 | 250 | → | |
| Palani | City | 68,907 | 67,231 | 70,467 | 663 | → | |
| Palladam | City | 22,406 | 30,016 | 42,225 | 1940 | → | |
| Pallapatti (Karur District) | Town | ... | 19,039 | 30,624 | 1030 | → | |
| Pallikonda | Town | 18,672 | 20,771 | 23,067 | 1000 | → | |
| Panagudi (Panaikkudi) | Town | ... | 25,501 | 29,895 | 4950 | → | |
| Panruti | City | 51,394 | 55,346 | 60,323 | 1802 | → | |
| Paramakudi | City | 72,321 | 84,321 | 95,579 | 1300 | → | |
| Parangipettai (Porto Novo) | Town | 23,550 | 20,912 | 25,541 | 1181 | → | |
| Pattukkottai | City | 58,062 | 65,533 | 73,135 | 2183 | → | |
| Perambalūr | City | 26,451 | 37,631 | 49,648 | 1160 | → | |
| Peranāmpattu | City | 36,195 | 41,499 | 51,271 | 761 | → | |
| Perāvūrani | Town | ... | 21,045 | 22,084 | 1870 | → | |
| Periyakulam | City | 46,744 | 42,012 | 42,976 | 1191 | → | |
| Perundurai | Town | ... | 16,943 | 24,930 | 2339 | → | |
| Pollāchi | Aggl | 127,132 | 128,458 | 135,333 | 2929 | → | |
| Polūr | Town | 23,046 | 25,505 | 28,123 | 1258 | → | |
| Ponneri | Town | 22,375 | 24,309 | 31,025 | 963 | → | |
| Pothatturpettai | Town | ... | 18,715 | 22,040 | 886 | → | |
| Pudukkottai (Census Town) | Town | 11,091 | 17,607 | 26,116 | 900 | → | |
| Pudukkottai (Municipality) | City | 99,058 | 109,217 | 117,630 | 1295 | → | |
| Pudupattinam | Town | 15,044 | 20,901 | 21,151 | 1004 | → | |
| Puliyankudi | City | 53,287 | 60,080 | 66,034 | 5517 | → | |
| Punjaipugalur | Town | 16,191 | 20,309 | 23,408 | 2500 | → | |
| Rājapālayam | City | 114,202 | 122,307 | 130,442 | 1136 | → | |
| Rāmanāthapuram | City | 52,879 | 62,050 | 61,440 | 633 | → | |
| Rāmeswaram | City | 32,721 | 37,968 | 44,856 | 3018 | → | |
| Rānippettai (Ranipet) | Aggl | 114,760 | 126,671 | 264,330 | 4990 | → | |
| Rāsipuram | City | 39,386 | 46,330 | 50,244 | 816 | → | |
| Reethapuram | Town | ... | 11,887 | 21,177 | 1400 | → | |
| Rosalpatti | Town | 15,957 | 19,701 | 22,524 | 450 | → | |
| Salamedu | Town | ... | ... | 20,854 | 0 | → | |
| Salem | Aggl | 578,291 | 751,438 | 917,414 | 11526 | → | |
| Sankarankoil | City | 48,846 | 53,606 | 57,277 | 1237 | → | |
| Sankari | Town | ... | 27,454 | 29,467 | 1920 | → | |
| Sāttūr | City | 29,226 | 31,443 | 29,398 | 383 | → | |
| Satyamangalam | City | 32,417 | 33,722 | 37,816 | 2923 | → | |
| Seithur | Town | ... | 18,012 | 20,228 | 1300 | → | |
| Shencottah | City | 25,820 | 26,838 | 26,823 | 268 | → | |
| Sholavandān | Town | ... | 21,638 | 22,578 | 1510 | → | |
| Sholinghur | Town | 21,412 | 26,652 | 30,856 | 950 | → | |
| Sirkali | City | 28,980 | 32,228 | 34,927 | 1321 | → | |
| Sivaganga | City | 33,190 | 40,220 | 40,403 | 697 | → | |
| Sivagiri | Town | ... | 20,380 | 23,040 | 2187 | → | |
| Sivakāsi | Aggl | 102,175 | 121,358 | 234,704 | 4814 | → | |
| Srīperumbūdūr | Town | 13,091 | 16,156 | 24,864 | 1680 | → | |
| Srīvilliputhūr | City | 68,644 | 73,183 | 75,396 | 572 | → | |
| Sūrandai | Town | ... | 28,146 | 35,272 | 1500 | → | |
| Tammampatti | Town | ... | 20,751 | 21,503 | 800 | → | |
| Tāramangalam | Town | 17,795 | 22,144 | 30,222 | 2600 | → | |
| Tarangambādi | Town | 18,881 | 20,843 | 23,191 | 1300 | → | |
| Tenkāsi | City | 55,189 | 63,432 | 70,545 | 2615 | → | |
| Thanjāvūr | Aggl | 202,013 | 215,314 | 291,067 | 7431 | → | |
| Theni-Allinagaram | City | 66,050 | 85,498 | 94,453 | 658 | → | |
| Thirubuvanam | Town | ... | 21,589 | 24,554 | 1133 | → | |
| Thiruparappu | Town | ... | 21,736 | 22,401 | 1096 | → | |
| Thirutturaippūndi | City | 23,328 | 22,905 | 24,404 | 1193 | → | |
| Thiruvārūr | City | 49,195 | 56,341 | 58,301 | 1047 | → | |
| Thisayanvilai | Town | ... | 19,559 | 23,702 | 1084 | → | |
| Thoothukkudi (Tuticorin) | Aggl | 280,091 | 243,415 | 411,628 | 6366 | → | |
| Tindivanam | City | 61,579 | 67,737 | 72,796 | 2233 | → | |
| Tiruchendūr | Town | 75,301 | 87,101 | 100,025 | 6376 | → | |
| Tiruchengode | City | 63,027 | 80,187 | 95,335 | 2520 | → | |
| Tiruchirāppalli (Tiruchchirāppalli) [Tiruchirappalli] | Aggl | 711,862 | 866,354 | 1,022,518 | 19855 | → | |
| Tirukkalikkunram | Town | 23,333 | 23,715 | 29,391 | 1120 | → | |
| Tirukkoyilūr | Town | 23,636 | 27,197 | 30,212 | 1200 | → | |
| Tirumangalam | City | 34,601 | 43,631 | 51,194 | 1070 | → | |
| Tirunelveli | Aggl | 366,869 | 433,352 | 497,826 | 13526 | → | |
| Tiruppattūr | Town | 23,564 | 23,559 | 25,980 | 1310 | → | |
| Tiruppattūr | City | 55,282 | 60,876 | 64,125 | 466 | → | |
| Tiruppūr (Tirupper) [Tirupur] | Aggl | 306,237 | 550,826 | 963,173 | 19776 | → | |
| Tiruttani | City | 34,363 | 38,314 | 44,781 | 1242 | → | |
| Tiruvallūr | City | 38,564 | 45,732 | 56,074 | 1478 | → | |
| Tiruvannāmalai | City | 109,196 | 130,567 | 145,278 | 1364 | → | |
| Tiruvettipuram | City | 31,210 | 35,201 | 37,802 | 1076 | → | |
| Tittakudi | Town | ... | 20,735 | 22,894 | 1138 | → | |
| Turaiyūr | City | 27,640 | 31,005 | 32,439 | 1455 | → | |
| Udhagamandalam (Ooty) | Aggl | 81,763 | 93,987 | 233,426 | 25310 | → | |
| Udumalaipettai | City | 58,678 | 59,668 | 61,133 | 740 | → | |
| Ulundurpettai | Town | ... | 19,258 | 23,734 | 680 | → | |
| Unnamalaikadai | Town | ... | 20,666 | 23,656 | 1560 | → | |
| Usilampatti | City | 26,413 | 30,601 | 35,219 | 1384 | → | |
| Uttamapālaiyam | Town | 22,703 | 22,104 | 29,050 | 4004 | → | |
| Uttiramerūr | Town | 21,568 | 23,656 | 25,194 | 2700 | → | |
| Vadakarai Keezhpadugai | Town | ... | 17,349 | 20,821 | 2540 | → | |
| Vadakkanandal | Town | ... | 19,846 | 23,034 | 1180 | → | |
| Vadakku Valliyūr | Town | ... | 24,023 | 29,417 | 1990 | → | |
| Vādippatti | Town | ... | 21,833 | 26,830 | 994 | → | |
| Vālpārai | City | 106,523 | 95,107 | 70,859 | 66964 | → | |
| Vandavāsi | City | 24,578 | 29,610 | 31,320 | 1916 | → | |
| Vāniyambādi | Aggl | 92,307 | 103,950 | 117,019 | 1610 | → | |
| Vāsudevanallūr | Town | ... | 19,062 | 21,361 | 1540 | → | |
| Vedāranniyam | City | 29,832 | 31,627 | 34,266 | 3626 | → | |
| Vellakkovil (Vellakoil) | City | ... | 34,438 | 40,359 | 5488 | → | |
| Vellore | Aggl | 310,776 | 386,746 | 484,690 | 14064 | → | |
| Velur | Town | ... | 18,413 | 25,012 | 1800 | → | |
| Vengathur | Town | 10,799 | 17,076 | 23,292 | 750 | → | |
| Vikramasingapuram | City | 49,834 | 48,309 | 47,241 | 3885 | → | |
| Viluppuram | City | 88,788 | 95,455 | 96,253 | 837 | → | |
| Virudhachalam (Vriddhāchalam) | City | 52,819 | 60,164 | 73,585 | 2724 | → | |
| Virudhunagar | City | 70,971 | 72,081 | 72,296 | 660 | → |
- (2001) (2011) Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Delimitation Commission of India, Population Census India.