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Districts / Tamil Nadu

Nagapattinam district

Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu had 16.16 lakh people (16,16,450) in the 2011 Census, the 310th most populous of India's 640 districts and 23rd of 32 in Tamil Nadu. 83.6% of people aged seven and over could read and write, against 73.0% nationally.

Population, 2011

16.16 lakh

310th of 640 in India, 23rd of 32 in Tamil Nadu

Literacy rate

83.6%

100th in India, 8th in Tamil Nadu

Sex ratio

1025

females per 1,000 males; India 943

Child sex ratio (0-6)

959

girls per 1,000 boys; India 918

Urban population

22.6%

3.65 lakh in towns and cities

Households

4.14 lakh

3.9 people per household

Nagapattinam against Tamil Nadu and India

Measure, 2011NagapattinamTamil NaduIndia
Population16,16,4507,21,47,0301,21,08,54,977
Literacy rate (age 7+)83.6%80.1%73.0%
Male literacy89.8%86.8%80.9%
Female literacy77.6%73.4%64.6%
Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males)1025996943
Child sex ratio (age 0-6)959943918
Urban population22.6%48.4%31.1%
Scheduled Castes31.5%20.0%16.6%
Scheduled Tribes0.2%1.1%8.6%
Workers, share of population41.6%45.6%39.8%
Women who work, share of women25.8%31.8%25.5%
Children aged 0-6, share of population10.2%10.3%13.6%
Persons per household3.913.894.85

Literacy in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu and India

People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract

What workers do in Nagapattinam

Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract

Other districts in Tamil Nadu

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1Chennai46,46,73290.2%989100.0%
2Kancheepuram39,98,25284.5%98663.5%
3Vellore39,36,33179.2%100743.2%
4Thiruvallur37,28,10484.0%98765.1%
5Salem34,82,05672.9%95451.0%
6Viluppuram34,58,87371.9%98715.0%
7Coimbatore34,58,04584.0%100075.7%
8Tirunelveli30,77,23382.5%102349.4%
9Madurai30,38,25283.5%99060.8%
10Tiruchirappalli27,22,29083.2%101349.1%
11Cuddalore26,05,91478.0%98734.0%
12Tiruppur24,79,05278.7%98961.4%
13Tiruvannamalai24,64,87574.2%99420.1%
14Thanjavur24,05,89082.6%103535.4%
15Erode22,51,74472.6%99351.4%

All districts of Tamil Nadu · All districts of India · Population by state

Questions

What is the population of Nagapattinam district?

Nagapattinam district had 16,16,450 people in the 2011 Census (7,98,127 males and 8,18,323 females). It was the 310th most populous of India's 640 districts and 23rd of 32 in Tamil Nadu.

What is the literacy rate of Nagapattinam?

83.59% in 2011: 89.79% for men and 77.58% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The Tamil Nadu rate was 80.09% and India's 72.98%.

What is the sex ratio of Nagapattinam?

1025 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 996 in Tamil Nadu and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 959 girls per 1,000 boys.

How urban is Nagapattinam?

22.6% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, less than the Tamil Nadu share of 48.4%.

Is this the latest data?

Yes for district-level counts of population, literacy and workers: the 2011 Census is the latest completed census. Census 2027 will replace these figures. District boundaries are as they were in 2011.

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India in Data, "Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/tamil-nadu/nagapattinam. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).

About these figures

All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.

Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.

Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).