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About Chennai

Chennai is a district in Tamil Nadu, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Chennai was 4,646,732 with a growth rate of 6.98%. Chennai covers 175 Km2 area. Sex ratio of Chennai's population is 989 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 950 females out of 1000 males.

For better understaing, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Chennai, Urban/Rural population of Chennai, Literacy data of Chennai and Religion wise data of Chennai. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Chennai

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Population
4,646,732
Growth (%)
6.98
Male Population
2,335,844
Sex Ratio
989
Female Population
2,310,888
Child Sex Ratio
950
Area ( In Km. Square )
175

Urban/Rural Population of Chennai

Description
Value
Description
Value
Urban Population
4,646,732
Rural Population
0
Urban Population (%)
100
Rural Population (%)
0
Urban male Population
2,335,844
Rural Male Population
0
Urban Female Population
2,310,888
Rural Female Population
0
Urban Sex Ratio
989
Rural Sex Ratio
0

Literacy data of Chennai

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Literate
3,776,276
Literacy (%)
90.18
Male Literate
1,968,079
Male Literacy (%)
93.70
Female Literate
1,808,197
Female Literacy (%)
86.64
Urban Literate
3,776,276
Rural Literate
0
Urban Male Literates
1,968,079
Urban Male Literacy (%)
93.70
Rural Male Literates
0
Rural Male Literacy (%)
0
Urban Female Literates
1,808,197
Urban Female Literacy (%)
86.64
Rural Female Literates
0
Rural Female Literacy (%)
0

Religion Wise Data of Chennai

Description
Value
Description
Value
Hindu
3,751,322
Hindu (%)
80.73
Muslim
439,270
Muslim (%)
9.45
Sikh
2,851
Sikh (%)
0.06
Christian
358,662
Christian (%)
7.72
Jain
51,708
Jain (%)
1.11
Buddhist
2,804
Buddhist (%)
0.06
Other
1,759
Other (%)
0.04
Not Avaiable
38,356
Not Avaiable (%)
0.83

List of tehsils in Chennai

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