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District of Tamil Nadu

Dindigul District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 22.66 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

22,66,000 2.27 million 1 March 2026

Dindigul district's population is estimated at ≈22.66 lakh (22,66,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 21,59,888 on the district’s present boundaries.

Estimate: method M1, constrained to the RGI projection for Tamil Nadu. Census: ORGI.

Which number do you mean?

District totals include villages. Here is how the 2011 population splits between towns and villages.

District

Dindigul district

Census 2011
21,59,888
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 22.66 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
8,08,040

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
13,51,848

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 22.66 lakh 22,66,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
21.6 lakh 21,59,888 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 358per km² 2011
Sex ratio
998 Tamil Nadu: 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)
935 Tamil Nadu: 943
Literacy rate
76.3% Male 84.2% · Female 68.3%
Urban share
37.4% Tamil Nadu: 48.4%
Growth 2001–11
+12.3% Tamil Nadu: +15.6%
Area
≈ 6,037km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
5.61 lakh 3.9 people per household
Villages
364 Census 2011
Towns
34 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries (parts of earlier districts apportioned by their 2011 population), then our estimate to 2036.

Dindigul: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
22 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
199117,60,671
200119,23,102
201121,59,888
2016 *22,17,000
2021 *22,51,000
2026 *22,66,000
2031 *22,62,000
2036 *22,41,000

* Estimate

How Dindigul's 2011 population was spread

Sub-districts (tehsils, talukas, mandals or blocks) as they were in Census 2011. “Part” means only some of it now lies in this district.

How Dindigul's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Dindigul6,39,91029.6%100380.0%54.4%
2 Vedasandur3,24,54015.0%99571.1%21.9%
3 Palani2,92,30113.5%100575.4%52.4%
4 Nilakkottai2,86,64113.3%98476.3%29.6%
5 Oddanchatram1,82,6008.5%100172.6%16.5%
6 Attur1,59,8467.4%101578.9%32.6%
7 Natham1,58,6877.3%98372.3%14.9%
8 Kodaikanal1,15,2505.3%99179.6%39.2%
9 Udumalaipettai(part)1130.0%113240.6%0.0%

Largest towns in Dindigul (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Dindigul (Census 2011)
  1. Dindigul 2,07,327
  2. Palani 70,467
  3. Kodaikanal 36,501
  4. Oddanchatram 30,064
  5. Ayakudi 27,156
  6. Chinnalapatti 26,285
  7. Balakrishnapuram CT 25,627
  8. Natham 23,660
  9. Batlagundu 22,928
  10. Nilakkottai 22,197

How people in Dindigul worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

15.0%

Agricultural labourers

42.3%

Household industry

2.8%

Other work

39.9%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 51.2%.

Age structure of Dindigul

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Age structure of Dindigul
MenWomen
  1. 80+
  2. 75-79
  3. 70-74
  4. 65-69
  5. 60-64
  6. 55-59
  7. 50-54
  8. 45-49
  9. 40-44
  10. 35-39
  11. 30-34
  12. 25-29
  13. 20-24
  14. 15-19
  15. 10-14
  16. 5-9
  17. 0-4
› Show the numbers as a table
AgeMenWomen
0-479,68374,634
5-984,20578,229
10-1497,32990,703
15-1993,64488,777
20-2490,18093,313
25-2995,09999,991
30-3483,99886,004
35-3984,37493,122
40-4477,32377,577
45-4973,64871,796
50-5456,33155,702
55-5946,37248,802
60-6444,71645,727
65-6929,47230,765
70-7422,51721,783
75-7910,5829,747
80+9,94911,086
Children (0–14)
23.4%
Tamil Nadu 23.6%
Working age (15–59)
65.6%
Tamil Nadu 66.0%
Older people (60+)
11.0%
Tamil Nadu 10.4%
Median age
30.4years
Tamil Nadu 29.8
Dependency ratio
43.2
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Tamil Nadu 43.2

Languages spoken in Dindigul

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 29 languages recorded. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Dindigul
  1. Tamil 91.5%
  2. Telugu 5.5%
  3. Kannada 1.7%
  4. Gujarati 0.8%
  5. Urdu 0.3%
  6. Malayalam 0.2%
  7. Hindi 0.1%
  8. English 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Tamil91.5%
  2. Telugu5.5%
  3. Kannada1.7%
  4. Saurashtra/Saurashtri0.7%
  5. Urdu0.3%
  6. Malayalam0.2%
  7. Hindi0.1%
  8. English0.0%

Housing and amenities in Dindigul

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 88.8%

    Tamil Nadu 93.4%

  • Tap water 81.7%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • Water source within premises 25.1%

    Tamil Nadu 35.1%

  • Toilet within premises 33.3%

    Tamil Nadu 48.5%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 58.7%

    Tamil Nadu 45.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 63.4%

    Tamil Nadu 64.3%

  • Closed drainage 13.3%

    Tamil Nadu 25.6%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 37.3%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 56.3%

    Tamil Nadu 44.1%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 63.2%

    Tamil Nadu 69.3%

  • Television 81.4%

    Tamil Nadu 87.0%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 26.2%

    Tamil Nadu 32.4%

  • Computer or laptop 6.9%

    Tamil Nadu 10.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 2.8%

    Tamil Nadu 4.3%

  • Use banking services 47.9%

    Tamil Nadu 52.6%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 7.8%

    Tamil Nadu 5.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 79.2%

    Tamil Nadu 74.4%

  • Rent their home 18.9%

    Tamil Nadu 23.5%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 68.5%

    Tamil Nadu 70.8%

  • House in good condition 69.0%

    Tamil Nadu 70.2%

  • Concrete roof 32.6%

    Tamil Nadu 43.8%

  • Cement or tiled floor 80.2%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 51.6%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

Tamil Nadu

What the numbers say

  • Dindigul district held 3.0% of Tamil Nadu's population in 2011, 12th of 38 districts.
  • Literacy is 76.3%, 3.8 points below the Tamil Nadu average of 80.1%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 84.2% of men but only 68.3% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • 37.4% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Tamil Nadu as a whole (48.4%).
  • The population grew 12.3% in 2001–11, slower than Tamil Nadu's 15.6% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈22.66 lakh, implies growth of about 5% since 2011; it is tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection.
  • Its largest town, Dindigul, had 2.07 lakh people in 2011, 9.6% of the district.

How this district was formed

Dindigul covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

  • Dindigul (2011) 100.0% of this district
    100.0% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Tamil Nadu →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (1 August 2026 – 30 August 2026)

  2. Phase II: counting people

    February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)

  3. Results

    Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Dindigul, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Dindigul (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Population by religion in Dindigul (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTamil Nadu
Hindu ≈ 18,79,600 87.0% 87.6%
Muslim ≈ 1,05,000 4.9% 5.9%
Christian ≈ 1,69,900 7.9% 6.1%
Sikh ≈ 300 0.0% 0.0%
Buddhist ≈ 300 0.0% 0.0%
Jain ≈ 100 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 4,500 0.2% 0.3%
Total21,59,888100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Dindigul district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈22,66,000 (22.66 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Dindigul's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Tamil Nadu projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 21,59,888.

What was the population of Dindigul district in Census 2011?
21,59,888: 10,80,991 males and 10,78,897 females, of whom 8,08,040 lived in towns and 13,51,848 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Dindigul?
Literacy was 76.3% in 2011 (men 84.2%, women 68.3%). The sex ratio was 998 females per 1,000 males, and 935 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Dindigul district?
Dindigul, with 2,07,327 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Dindigul district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 364 Census 2011 villages and 34 towns.

⤓ Download Tamil Nadu district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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