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About Dharmapuri

Dharmapuri is a district in Tamil Nadu, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Dharmapuri was 1,506,843 with a growth rate of 16.34%. Dharmapuri covers 4,497 Km2 area. Sex ratio of Dharmapuri's population is 946 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 913 females out of 1000 males.

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

Area, population and sex ratio of Dharmapuri

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Population
1,506,843
Growth (%)
16.34
Male Population
774,303
Sex Ratio
946
Female Population
732,540
Child Sex Ratio
913
Area ( In Km. Square )
4,497

Urban/Rural Population of Dharmapuri

Description
Value
Description
Value
Urban Population
260,912
Rural Population
1,245,931
Urban Population (%)
17.32
Rural Population (%)
82.68
Urban male Population
131,088
Rural Male Population
643,215
Urban Female Population
129,824
Rural Female Population
602,716
Urban Sex Ratio
990
Rural Sex Ratio
937

Literacy data of Dharmapuri

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Literate
917,709
Literacy (%)
68.54
Male Literate
527,599
Male Literacy (%)
76.85
Female Literate
390,110
Female Literacy (%)
59.80
Urban Literate
189,924
Rural Literate
727,785
Urban Male Literates
102,300
Urban Male Literacy (%)
87.33
Rural Male Literates
425,299
Rural Male Literacy (%)
74.69
Urban Female Literates
87,624
Urban Female Literacy (%)
75.07
Rural Female Literates
302,486
Rural Female Literacy (%)
56.47

Religion Wise Data of Dharmapuri

Description
Value
Description
Value
Hindu
1,452,956
Hindu (%)
96.42
Muslim
38,304
Muslim (%)
2.54
Sikh
164
Sikh (%)
0.01
Christian
14,089
Christian (%)
0.94
Jain
37
Jain (%)
0
Buddhist
39
Buddhist (%)
0
Other
87
Other (%)
0.01
Not Avaiable
1,167
Not Avaiable (%)
0.08

List of tehsils in Dharmapuri

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Dharmapuri

Area ( Km2 ): 792

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Harur

Area ( Km2 ): 963

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Palakkodu

Area ( Km2 ): 750

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Pappireddipatti

Area ( Km2 ): 862

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Pennagaram

Area ( Km2 ): 1,130