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District of Tamil Nadu

Kallakurichi District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 15.02 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

15,02,000 1.5 million 1 March 2026

Kallakurichi district's population is estimated at ≈15.02 lakh (15,02,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 13,89,868 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

Kallakurichi district

Census 2011
13,89,868
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 15.02 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
1,97,385

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
11,92,483

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 15.02 lakh 15,02,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
13.9 lakh 13,89,868 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 476per km² 2011
Sex ratio
981 Tamil Nadu: 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)
927 Tamil Nadu: 943
Literacy rate
67.9% Male 77.0% · Female 58.6%
Urban share
14.2% Tamil Nadu: 48.4%
Growth 2001–11
+16.8% Tamil Nadu: +15.6%
Area
≈ 2,918km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
3.18 lakh 4.4 people per household
Villages
574 Census 2011
Towns
8 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.

Kallakurichi: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
15 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
199111,07,304
200111,89,557
201113,89,868
2016 *14,41,000
2021 *14,77,000
2026 *15,02,000
2031 *15,14,000
2036 *15,15,000

* Estimate

How Kallakurichi'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 Kallakurichi's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Kallakkurichi4,66,13633.5%98570.8%25.6%
2 Sankarapuram4,07,97029.4%98064.1%3.8%
3 Ulundurpettai(part)3,06,61722.1%98367.7%7.7%
4 Tirukkoyilur(part)2,09,14515.0%97468.6%18.5%

Largest towns in Kallakurichi (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Kallakurichi (Census 2011)
  1. Kallakkurichi 52,507
  2. Tirukkoyilur 30,212
  3. Chinnasalem 25,106
  4. Ulundurpettai 23,734
  5. Vadakkanandal 23,034
  6. Thiagadurgam 18,605
  7. Sankarapuram 15,664
  8. Manalurpet 8,523

How people in Kallakurichi worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

25.1%

Agricultural labourers

50.6%

Household industry

2.1%

Other work

22.2%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 50.0%.

Age structure of Kallakurichi

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 Kallakurichi
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
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AgeMenWomen
0-459,69356,176
5-962,07259,089
10-1465,33562,178
15-1966,35062,626
20-2465,10865,257
25-2964,98767,152
30-3453,96152,010
35-3951,39155,109
40-4444,34042,778
45-4941,02041,083
50-5431,14531,532
55-5926,37728,024
60-6424,66925,340
65-6916,27017,322
70-7413,10412,295
75-796,6045,744
80+6,3495,981
Children (0–14)
26.3%
Tamil Nadu 23.6%
Working age (15–59)
64.1%
Tamil Nadu 66.0%
Older people (60+)
9.6%
Tamil Nadu 10.4%
Median age
27.7years
Tamil Nadu 29.8
Dependency ratio
47.7
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Tamil Nadu 43.2

Languages spoken in Kallakurichi

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 18 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 Kallakurichi
  1. Tamil 96.2%
  2. Urdu 2.3%
  3. Telugu 1.3%
  4. Hindi 0.1%
  5. Malayalam 0.0%
  6. Kannada 0.0%
  7. Others 0.0%
  8. Marathi 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Tamil96.2%
  2. Urdu2.3%
  3. Telugu1.3%
  4. Hindi0.1%
  5. Malayalam0.0%
  6. Korava0.0%
  7. Kannada0.0%
  8. Marathi0.0%

Housing and amenities in Kallakurichi

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 93.0%

    Tamil Nadu 93.4%

  • Tap water 81.0%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • Water source within premises 12.3%

    Tamil Nadu 35.1%

  • Toilet within premises 18.3%

    Tamil Nadu 48.5%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 79.9%

    Tamil Nadu 45.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 34.0%

    Tamil Nadu 64.3%

  • Closed drainage 8.5%

    Tamil Nadu 25.6%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 27.6%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 69.9%

    Tamil Nadu 44.1%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 65.4%

    Tamil Nadu 69.3%

  • Television 80.8%

    Tamil Nadu 87.0%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 21.9%

    Tamil Nadu 32.4%

  • Computer or laptop 5.0%

    Tamil Nadu 10.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.4%

    Tamil Nadu 4.3%

  • Use banking services 47.3%

    Tamil Nadu 52.6%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 7.9%

    Tamil Nadu 5.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 90.5%

    Tamil Nadu 74.4%

  • Rent their home 8.4%

    Tamil Nadu 23.5%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 53.4%

    Tamil Nadu 70.8%

  • House in good condition 65.5%

    Tamil Nadu 70.2%

  • Concrete roof 34.1%

    Tamil Nadu 43.8%

  • Cement or tiled floor 66.3%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 58.7%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

Tamil Nadu

What the numbers say

  • Kallakurichi district held 1.9% of Tamil Nadu's population in 2011, 25th of 38 districts.
  • Literacy is 67.9%, 12.2 points below the Tamil Nadu average of 80.1%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 77.0% of men but only 58.6% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 981 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 996.
  • 14.2% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Tamil Nadu as a whole (48.4%).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈15.02 lakh, implies growth of about 8% since 2011; it is tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection.
  • Its largest town, Kallakkurichi, had 52.5 thousand people in 2011, 3.8% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

  • Viluppuram (2011) 100.0% of this district
    40.2% 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 Kallakurichi, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Kallakurichi (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 Kallakurichi (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTamil Nadu
Hindu ≈ 12,68,400 91.3% 87.6%
Muslim ≈ 55,200 4.0% 5.9%
Christian ≈ 62,700 4.5% 6.1%
Sikh ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Buddhist ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Jain ≈ 300 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 2,900 0.2% 0.3%
Total13,89,868100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Kallakurichi district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈15,02,000 (15.02 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Kallakurichi's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Tamil Nadu projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 13,89,868.

What was the population of Kallakurichi district in Census 2011?
13,89,868: 7,01,503 males and 6,88,365 females, of whom 1,97,385 lived in towns and 11,92,483 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 Kallakurichi?
Literacy was 67.9% in 2011 (men 77.0%, women 58.6%). The sex ratio was 981 females per 1,000 males, and 927 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Kallakurichi district?
Kallakkurichi, with 52,507 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Kallakurichi district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 574 Census 2011 villages and 8 towns.

⤓ Download Tamil Nadu district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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