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District of Tamil Nadu

Pudukkottai District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 16.81 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

16,81,000 1.68 million 1 March 2026

Pudukkottai district's population is estimated at ≈16.81 lakh (16,81,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 16,18,345.

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

Pudukkottai district

Census 2011
16,18,345
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 16.81 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
3,16,354

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
13,01,991

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 16.81 lakh 16,81,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
16.18 lakh 16,18,345 Census 2011 Final count, Census of India 2011 (ORGI) How this is made →
Density
348per km² 2011
Sex ratio
1015 Tamil Nadu: 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)
960 Tamil Nadu: 943
Literacy rate
77.2% Male 85.6% · Female 69.0%
Urban share
19.6% Tamil Nadu: 48.4%
Growth 2001–11
+10.9% Tamil Nadu: +15.6%
Area
4,644km² Census 2011
Households
3.88 lakh 4.2 people per household
Villages
750 Census 2011
Towns
16 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census counts on 2011 boundaries, then our estimate to 2036.

Pudukkottai: Population over time
  • Census
  • Estimate
17 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19517,04,102
19617,50,461
19719,47,351
198111,56,813
199113,27,148
200114,59,601
201116,18,345
2016 *16,56,000
2021 *16,76,000
2026 *16,81,000
2031 *16,73,000
2036 *16,52,000

* Estimate

How Pudukkottai'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 Pudukkottai's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Pudukkottai2,28,28214.1%100484.9%66.9%
2 Iluppur2,19,49113.6%101070.5%15.5%
3 Aranthangi1,95,78212.1%105681.1%20.8%
4 Alangudi1,70,41910.5%102880.0%16.5%
5 Kulathur1,62,52410.0%99673.5%7.2%
6 Thirumayam1,58,8609.8%101175.2%5.6%
7 Karambakudi1,10,6046.8%102273.7%13.2%
8 Ponnamaravathi1,08,4796.7%101774.4%11.7%
9 Gandarvakkottai89,9825.6%99270.5%0.0%
10 Avudayarkoil87,2505.4%99479.1%0.0%
11 Manamelkudi86,6725.4%101882.5%14.9%

Largest towns in Pudukkottai (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Pudukkottai (Census 2011)
  1. Pudukkottai 1,17,630
  2. Aranthangi 40,814
  3. Pudukkottai CT 26,116
  4. Karambakkudi 14,626
  5. Iluppur 14,127
  6. Ponnamaravathi 12,676
  7. Alangudi 12,367
  8. Keeranur 11,667
  9. Viralimalai CT 10,883
  10. Keeramangalam 9,357

How people in Pudukkottai worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

27.5%

Agricultural labourers

40.1%

Household industry

1.8%

Other work

30.6%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 47.1%.

Age structure of Pudukkottai

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Age structure of Pudukkottai
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
0-465,39962,580
5-969,90767,753
10-1476,35871,684
15-1973,33170,331
20-2465,65969,944
25-2967,14875,759
30-3463,43265,378
35-3961,81566,822
40-4456,30755,863
45-4950,36550,446
50-5439,00540,655
55-5932,57234,573
60-6431,23331,514
65-6920,56621,657
70-7415,66015,377
75-797,1676,791
80+6,8157,590
Children (0–14)
25.6%
Tamil Nadu 23.6%
Working age (15–59)
64.3%
Tamil Nadu 66.0%
Older people (60+)
10.2%
Tamil Nadu 10.4%
Median age
29.1years
Tamil Nadu 29.8
Dependency ratio
46.8
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Tamil Nadu 43.2

Languages spoken in Pudukkottai

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 21 languages recorded. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Pudukkottai
  1. Tamil 99.2%
  2. Telugu 0.4%
  3. Gujarati 0.1%
  4. Urdu 0.1%
  5. Hindi 0.0%
  6. Malayalam 0.0%
  7. Others 0.0%
  8. Kannada 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Tamil99.2%
  2. Telugu0.4%
  3. Urdu0.1%
  4. Saurashtra/Saurashtri0.1%
  5. Hindi0.0%
  6. Malayalam0.0%
  7. Kannada0.0%
  8. Marathi0.0%

Housing and amenities in Pudukkottai

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 90.7%

    Tamil Nadu 93.4%

  • Tap water 77.2%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • Water source within premises 14.6%

    Tamil Nadu 35.1%

  • Toilet within premises 28.0%

    Tamil Nadu 48.5%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 69.7%

    Tamil Nadu 45.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 28.7%

    Tamil Nadu 64.3%

  • Closed drainage 9.1%

    Tamil Nadu 25.6%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 21.2%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 75.8%

    Tamil Nadu 44.1%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 68.8%

    Tamil Nadu 69.3%

  • Television 83.1%

    Tamil Nadu 87.0%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 28.2%

    Tamil Nadu 32.4%

  • Computer or laptop 4.7%

    Tamil Nadu 10.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 2.0%

    Tamil Nadu 4.3%

  • Use banking services 48.8%

    Tamil Nadu 52.6%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 5.3%

    Tamil Nadu 5.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 88.1%

    Tamil Nadu 74.4%

  • Rent their home 10.8%

    Tamil Nadu 23.5%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 61.6%

    Tamil Nadu 70.8%

  • House in good condition 59.7%

    Tamil Nadu 70.2%

  • Concrete roof 30.4%

    Tamil Nadu 43.8%

  • Cement or tiled floor 70.4%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 61.1%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

Tamil Nadu

What the numbers say

  • Pudukkottai district held 2.2% of Tamil Nadu's population in 2011, 21st of 38 districts.
  • Literacy is 77.2%, 2.9 points below the Tamil Nadu average of 80.1%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 85.6% of men but only 69.0% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 1015 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 996.
  • 19.6% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Tamil Nadu as a whole (48.4%).
  • The population grew 10.9% in 2001–11, slower than Tamil Nadu's 15.6%.
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈16.81 lakh, implies growth of about 4% since 2011; it is tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection.
  • Its largest town, Pudukkottai, had 1.18 lakh people in 2011, 7.3% of the 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 Pudukkottai, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Pudukkottai (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Population by religion in Pudukkottai (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTamil Nadu
Hindu 14,28,784 88.3% 87.6%
Muslim 1,14,194 7.1% 5.9%
Christian 72,850 4.5% 6.1%
Sikh 119 0.0% 0.0%
Buddhist 81 0.0% 0.0%
Jain 32 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions 293 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated 1,992 0.1% 0.3%
Total16,18,345100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Pudukkottai district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈16,81,000 (16.81 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Pudukkottai's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Tamil Nadu projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 16,18,345.

What was the population of Pudukkottai district in Census 2011?
16,18,345: 8,03,188 males and 8,15,157 females, of whom 3,16,354 lived in towns and 13,01,991 in villages.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Pudukkottai?
Literacy was 77.2% in 2011 (men 85.6%, women 69.0%). The sex ratio was 1015 females per 1,000 males, and 960 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Pudukkottai district?
Pudukkottai, with 1,17,630 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Pudukkottai district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 750 Census 2011 villages and 16 towns.

⤓ Download Tamil Nadu district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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