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6
Literates
and
literacy
Rate by residence
: 2011 by
(Persons)
Sex ratio (Number
of Females
per 1000 Males)
residence : 2001 - 2011
State/
District
Code
India/State/Districts
INDIA
Literacy Rate
Literates 2011
2001
Total
Rural
Urban
2011
10
11
58.7
79.9
73.0
67.8
84.1
33
Tamil Nadu
51,837,507
24,502,195
27,335,312 73.5
66.2
82.5
80.1
73.5
87.0
01
Thiruvallur
2,791,721
859,700
1,932,021 76.9
67.2
85.0
84.0
74.3
89.3
02
Chennai
3,776,276
3,776,276 85.3
85.3
90.2
90.2
03
Kancheepuram
3,013,382
988,378
2,025,004 76.9
67.3
85.1
84.5
76.0
89.4
04
Vellore
2,773,928
1,482,931
1,290,997 72.4
67.4
80.5
79.2
74.7
85.0
05
Tiruvannamalai
1,626,813
1,253,098
373,715 67.4
64.6
79.5
74.2
71.6
84.4
06
Viluppuram
2,195,776
1,803,943
391,833 63.8
61.0
80.3
71.9
69.6
84.7
07
Salem
2,285,562
1,008,761
1,276,801 65.1
57.3
74.2
72.9
65.7
79.7
08
Namakkal
1,176,131
671,793
504,338 67.4
63.2
74.8
74.6
71.3
79.5
09
Erode
1,492,662
655,046
837,616 65.4
57.6
73.6
72.6
65.4
79.4
10
The Nilgiris
569,647
221,955
347,692 80.0
74.3
83.9
85.2
81.2
88.0
11
Dindigul
1,481,834
870,271
611,563 69.3
64.3
78.8
76.3
71.7
83.9
12
Karur
727,044
394,134
332,910 68.1
62.3
79.6
75.6
69.3
84.7
13
Tiruchirappalli
2,038,981
950,242
1,088,739 77.9
69.9
86.8
83.2
76.7
89.9
14
Perambalur
375,823
301,716
74,107 66.1
63.6
78.9
74.3
72.1
85.2
15
Ariyalur
480,604
419,413
61,191 64.1
62.3
77.7
71.3
70.1
81.4
16
Cuddalore
1,815,281
1,126,045
689,236 71.0
65.4
82.3
78.0
73.7
86.4
17
Nagapattinam
1,213,008
921,786
291,222 76.3
74.2
83.9
83.6
82.0
89.0
18
Thiruvarur
946,471
737,887
208,584 76.6
74.3
85.5
82.9
81.1
89.7
19
Thanjavur
1,790,998
1,104,986
686,012 75.5
70.7
84.6
82.6
79.0
89.2
20
Pudukkottai
1,110,545
859,683
250,862 71.1
68.1
85.7
77.2
74.4
88.7
21
Sivaganga
959,744
629,045
330,699 72.2
67.0
85.3
79.9
75.7
89.1
22
Madurai
2,273,430
788,090
1,485,340 77.8
67.6
85.7
83.5
74.1
89.4
23
Theni
870,080
376,650
493,430 71.6
66.1
76.2
77.3
72.6
81.2
24
Virudhunagar
1,398,788
653,219
745,569 73.7
68.7
79.9
80.2
75.9
84.3
25
Ramanathapuram
978,946
651,919
327,027 73.0
69.0
84.4
80.7
77.0
89.2
26
Thoothukkudi
1,349,697
642,686
707,011 81.3
77.5
86.6
86.2
82.2
90.2
27
Tirunelveli
2,273,457
1,100,112
1,173,345 76.2
71.8
80.8
82.5
79.2
85.9
28
Kanniyakumari
1,548,738
269,380
1,279,358 87.6
86.2
88.3
91.7
90.8
92.0
29
Dharmapuri
917,709
727,785
189,924 60.3
57.6
75.7
68.5
65.9
81.2
30
Krishnagiri
1,187,958
865,259
322,699 62.3
58.6
80.5
71.5
67.3
85.5
31
Coimbatore
2,635,907
554,965
2,080,942 78.5
65.8
83.8
84.0
72.2
87.8
32
Tiruppur
1,760,566
611,317
1,149,249 71.1
62.5
79.6
78.7
69.6
84.5
42
Statement - 20
6
Literates
and
literacy
Rate by residence
: 2011 by
(Males)
Sex ratio (Number
of Females
per 1000 Males)
residence : 2001 - 2011
State/
District
Code
India/State/Districts
INDIA
Literacy Rate
Literates 2011
2001
Total
Rural
Urban
2011
10
11
70.7
86.3
80.9
77.2
88.8
33
Tamil Nadu
28,040,491
13,665,839
14,374,652 82.4
77.1
89.0
86.8
82.0
91.8
01
Thiruvallur
1,495,711
476,199
1,019,512 85.3
78.0
91.1
89.7
82.5
93.5
02
Chennai
1,968,079
1,968,079 90.0
90.0
93.7
93.7
03
Kancheepuram
1,611,461
546,994
1,064,467 84.7
77.4
91.0
89.9
83.6
93.5
04
Vellore
1,504,355
824,307
680,048 82.0
78.5
87.8
86.5
83.4
90.6
05
Tiruvannamalai
909,803
710,665
199,138 79.2
77.2
88.1
83.1
81.2
90.8
06
Viluppuram
1,234,479
1,025,617
208,862 75.1
72.8
88.2
80.5
78.8
90.7
07
Salem
1,285,107
590,535
694,572 74.4
68.0
82.0
80.2
74.6
85.8
08
Namakkal
653,312
380,075
273,237 77.6
74.3
83.3
82.6
80.2
86.3
09
Erode
828,300
375,974
452,326 75.1
68.3
82.1
80.4
74.4
86.2
10
The Nilgiris
299,447
118,463
180,984 88.5
84.8
91.1
91.7
89.3
93.4
11
Dindigul
816,180
491,736
324,444 79.8
76.2
86.4
84.2
81.0
89.7
12
Karur
401,726
224,431
177,295 79.6
75.3
88.4
84.5
79.8
91.4
13
Tiruchirappalli
1,087,765
524,233
563,532 86.5
81.2
92.4
89.7
85.4
94.1
14
Perambalur
208,011
169,106
38,905 77.9
76.2
86.5
82.9
81.3
90.5
15
Ariyalur
269,582
237,071
32,511 77.2
76.0
86.4
81.2
80.4
88.0
16
Cuddalore
1,000,322
634,883
365,439 81.6
77.7
89.5
85.9
82.8
91.9
17
Nagapattinam
640,916
491,270
149,646 84.9
83.3
90.5
89.8
88.7
93.7
18
Thiruvarur
503,085
396,275
106,810 85.4
83.8
91.8
89.1
88.0
93.8
19
Thanjavur
944,264
593,178
351,086 84.5
81.1
91.0
89.0
86.6
93.5
20
Pudukkottai
608,776
477,058
131,718 82.5
80.5
92.5
85.6
83.5
93.8
21
Sivaganga
526,304
352,907
173,397 83.1
79.6
91.9
87.9
85.3
93.7
22
Madurai
1,223,810
446,459
777,351 86.2
79.3
91.4
89.7
83.6
93.7
23
Theni
479,403
213,570
265,833 81.9
78.0
85.2
85.0
81.6
88.0
24
Virudhunagar
760,375
363,736
396,639 84.0
80.6
88.1
87.7
84.9
90.5
25
Ramanathapuram
536,487
362,778
173,709 83.0
80.3
90.9
87.8
85.3
93.6
26
Thoothukkudi
703,106
339,739
363,367 88.2
85.6
91.8
91.1
88.5
93.7
27
Tirunelveli
1,210,710
592,979
617,731 85.3
81.7
88.9
89.2
86.8
91.7
28
Kanniyakumari
780,541
136,432
644,109 90.4
88.9
91.1
93.6
92.4
93.9
29
Dharmapuri
527,599
425,299
102,300 70.8
68.5
83.9
76.9
74.7
87.3
30
Krishnagiri
667,062
494,718
172,344 72.3
69.3
87.0
78.7
75.4
90.0
31
Coimbatore
1,394,790
305,718
1,089,072 85.7
75.6
89.8
89.1
79.7
92.1
32
Tiruppur
959,623
343,434
616,189 80.5
73.7
87.1
85.5
78.3
90.1
43
Statement - 21
6
Literates
and
literacy
Rate by residence
: 2011 by
(Females)
Sex ratio (Number
of Females
per 1000 Males)
residence : 2001 - 2011
State/
District
Code
India/State/Districts
INDIA
Literacy Rate
Literates 2011
2001
Total
Rural
Urban
2011
10
11
46.1
72.9
64.6
57.9
79.1
33
Tamil Nadu
23,797,016
10,836,356
12,960,660 64.4
55.3
76.0
73.4
65.0
82.3
01
Thiruvallur
1,296,010
383,501
912,509 68.4
56.4
78.5
78.3
66.1
84.9
02
Chennai
1,808,197
1,808,197 80.4
80.4
86.6
86.6
03
Kancheepuram
1,401,921
441,384
960,537 68.8
57.0
79.0
79.0
68.2
85.2
04
Vellore
1,269,573
658,624
610,949 62.8
56.4
73.2
71.9
66.1
79.6
05
Tiruvannamalai
717,010
542,433
174,577 55.6
52.1
71.0
65.3
62.1
78.1
06
Viluppuram
961,297
778,326
182,971 52.4
49.0
72.2
63.2
60.3
78.8
07
Salem
1,000,455
418,226
582,229 55.2
45.6
66.1
65.2
56.3
73.4
08
Namakkal
522,819
291,718
231,101 57.0
51.8
66.1
66.6
62.4
72.8
09
Erode
664,362
279,072
385,290 55.5
46.4
65.0
64.7
56.2
72.7
10
The Nilgiris
270,200
103,492
166,708 71.6
64.1
76.8
79.0
73.5
82.8
11
Dindigul
665,654
378,535
287,119 58.9
52.3
71.1
68.3
62.4
78.2
12
Karur
325,318
169,703
155,615 56.8
49.6
71.0
66.9
59.0
78.2
13
Tiruchirappalli
951,216
426,009
525,207 69.3
58.7
81.1
76.9
68.1
85.8
14
Perambalur
167,812
132,610
35,202 54.4
51.1
71.5
65.9
63.0
80.0
15
Ariyalur
211,022
182,342
28,680 51.2
48.8
69.3
61.7
60.1
75.0
16
Cuddalore
814,959
491,162
323,797 60.3
52.8
75.1
70.1
64.5
80.9
17
Nagapattinam
572,092
430,516
141,576 68.0
65.2
77.5
77.6
75.5
84.5
18
Thiruvarur
443,386
341,612
101,774 67.9
64.9
79.4
76.7
74.4
85.8
19
Thanjavur
846,734
511,808
334,926 66.7
60.7
78.4
76.5
71.8
85.0
20
Pudukkottai
501,769
382,625
119,144 60.0
56.0
79.0
69.0
65.4
83.7
21
Sivaganga
433,440
276,138
157,302 61.7
55.1
78.8
71.9
66.2
84.6
22
Madurai
1,049,620
341,631
707,989 69.3
55.7
79.9
77.2
64.6
85.2
23
Theni
390,677
163,080
227,597 61.2
54.0
67.2
69.5
63.4
74.6
24
Virudhunagar
638,413
289,483
348,930 63.6
57.1
71.8
72.7
67.0
78.3
25
Ramanathapuram
442,459
289,141
153,318 63.4
58.4
78.1
73.5
68.7
84.8
26
Thoothukkudi
646,591
302,947
343,644 74.9
70.1
81.7
81.3
76.0
86.7
27
Tirunelveli
1,062,747
507,133
555,614 67.5
62.4
73.0
76.0
71.8
80.2
28
Kanniyakumari
768,197
132,948
635,249 84.8
83.4
85.5
89.9
89.2
90.1
29
Dharmapuri
390,110
302,486
87,624 49.3
46.0
67.2
59.8
56.5
75.1
30
Krishnagiri
520,896
370,541
150,355 51.8
47.4
73.6
63.9
58.9
80.9
31
Coimbatore
1,241,117
249,247
991,870 71.1
55.8
77.5
78.9
64.6
83.6
32
Tiruppur
800,943
267,883
533,060 61.4
51.2
71.6
71.8
60.9
78.9
44