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District of Tamil Nadu

Viluppuram District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 22.36 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

22,36,000 2.24 million 1 March 2026

Viluppuram district's population is estimated at ≈22.36 lakh (22,36,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 20,69,005 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

Viluppuram district

Census 2011
20,69,005
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 22.36 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
3,21,703

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
17,47,302

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 22.36 lakh 22,36,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
20.69 lakh 20,69,005 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 484per km² 2011
Sex ratio
991 Tamil Nadu: 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)
951 Tamil Nadu: 943
Literacy rate
74.6% Male 82.9% · Female 66.2%
Urban share
15.6% Tamil Nadu: 48.4%
Growth 2001–11
+16.8% Tamil Nadu: +15.6%
Area
≈ 4,276km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
4.83 lakh 4.3 people per household
Villages
912 Census 2011
Towns
11 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.

Viluppuram: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
23 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
199116,48,370
200117,70,816
201120,69,005
2016 *21,45,000
2021 *21,99,000
2026 *22,36,000
2031 *22,54,000
2036 *22,56,000

* Estimate

How Viluppuram'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 Viluppuram's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Viluppuram6,97,56933.7%99677.3%20.9%
2 Tindivanam4,46,68221.6%99874.8%21.2%
3 Gingee4,23,94220.5%98672.4%8.0%
4 Tirukkoyilur(part)2,37,38611.5%97669.9%6.5%
5 Vanur1,96,4229.5%98876.3%16.2%
6 Ulundurpettai(part)67,0043.2%97468.7%0.0%
7 Sankarapuram(part)00.0%–––
8 Kallakkurichi(part)00.0%–––

Largest towns in Viluppuram (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Viluppuram (Census 2011)
  1. Viluppuram 96,253
  2. Tindivanam 72,796
  3. Kottakuppam 31,726
  4. Gingee 27,045
  5. Marakkanam 22,034
  6. Salamedu CT 20,854
  7. Valavanur 16,745
  8. Vikravandi 12,022
  9. Thiruvennainallur 9,623
  10. Ananthapuram 6,892

How people in Viluppuram worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

19.4%

Agricultural labourers

47.7%

Household industry

2.3%

Other work

30.6%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 48.8%.

Age structure of Viluppuram

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 Viluppuram
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
0-488,86183,625
5-992,40287,961
10-1497,25992,561
15-1998,77093,226
20-2496,92297,145
25-2996,74399,965
30-3480,32977,425
35-3976,50282,038
40-4466,00563,680
45-4961,06361,158
50-5446,36446,940
55-5939,26641,718
60-6436,72437,722
65-6924,21925,786
70-7419,50718,302
75-799,8328,551
80+9,4518,904
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 Viluppuram

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 26 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 Viluppuram
  1. Tamil 96.9%
  2. Urdu 1.7%
  3. Telugu 1.0%
  4. Hindi 0.2%
  5. Marathi 0.0%
  6. Malayalam 0.0%
  7. Others 0.0%
  8. Kannada 0.0%
  9. All other languages 0.1%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Tamil96.9%
  2. Urdu1.7%
  3. Telugu1.0%
  4. Hindi0.1%
  5. Marathi0.0%
  6. Malayalam0.0%
  7. Kannada0.0%
  8. English0.0%

Housing and amenities in Viluppuram

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 93.1%

    Tamil Nadu 93.4%

  • Tap water 83.5%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • Water source within premises 19.8%

    Tamil Nadu 35.1%

  • Toilet within premises 23.1%

    Tamil Nadu 48.5%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 75.3%

    Tamil Nadu 45.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 41.2%

    Tamil Nadu 64.3%

  • Closed drainage 7.9%

    Tamil Nadu 25.6%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 29.1%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 67.0%

    Tamil Nadu 44.1%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 62.5%

    Tamil Nadu 69.3%

  • Television 86.2%

    Tamil Nadu 87.0%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 23.6%

    Tamil Nadu 32.4%

  • Computer or laptop 5.7%

    Tamil Nadu 10.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.8%

    Tamil Nadu 4.3%

  • Use banking services 45.4%

    Tamil Nadu 52.6%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 6.0%

    Tamil Nadu 5.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 90.1%

    Tamil Nadu 74.4%

  • Rent their home 8.4%

    Tamil Nadu 23.5%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 57.7%

    Tamil Nadu 70.8%

  • House in good condition 63.0%

    Tamil Nadu 70.2%

  • Concrete roof 38.6%

    Tamil Nadu 43.8%

  • Cement or tiled floor 65.7%

    Tamil Nadu 79.8%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 51.2%

    Tamil Nadu 48.1%

Tamil Nadu

What the numbers say

  • Viluppuram district held 2.9% of Tamil Nadu's population in 2011, 13th of 38 districts.
  • Literacy is 74.6%, 5.5 points below the Tamil Nadu average of 80.1%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 82.9% of men but only 66.2% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • 15.6% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Tamil Nadu as a whole (48.4%).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈22.36 lakh, implies growth of about 8% since 2011; it is tied to the official Tamil Nadu projection.
  • Its largest town, Viluppuram, had 96.3 thousand people in 2011, 4.7% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

  • Viluppuram (2011) 100.0% of this district
    59.8% 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 Viluppuram, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Viluppuram (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 Viluppuram (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTamil Nadu
Hindu ≈ 19,06,500 92.1% 87.6%
Muslim ≈ 78,700 3.8% 5.9%
Christian ≈ 75,600 3.7% 6.1%
Sikh ≈ 200 0.0% 0.0%
Buddhist ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Jain ≈ 3,800 0.2% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 200 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 4,000 0.2% 0.3%
Total20,69,005100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Viluppuram district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈22,36,000 (22.36 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Viluppuram's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Tamil Nadu projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 20,69,005.

What was the population of Viluppuram district in Census 2011?
20,69,005: 10,39,316 males and 10,29,689 females, of whom 3,21,703 lived in towns and 17,47,302 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 Viluppuram?
Literacy was 74.6% in 2011 (men 82.9%, women 66.2%). The sex ratio was 991 females per 1,000 males, and 951 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Viluppuram district?
Viluppuram, with 96,253 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Viluppuram district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 912 Census 2011 villages and 11 towns.

⤓ Download Tamil Nadu district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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