Population of the districts in the State of Tamil Nadu

The population of the districts in the State of Tamil Nadu by census years.

Name	Population Census 1991-03-01	Population Census 2001-03-01	Population Census 2011-03-01
Ariyalur	636,400	695,524	754,894
Chennai	3,841,396	4,343,645	4,646,732
Coimbatore	2,493,700	2,916,620	3,458,045
Cuddalore	2,122,759	2,285,395	2,605,914
Dharmapuri	1,123,600	1,295,182	1,506,843
Dindigul	1,760,601	1,923,014	2,159,775
Erode	1,802,900	2,016,582	2,251,744
Kanchipuram (Kancheepuram)	2,415,000	2,877,468	3,998,252
Kanniyakumari (Kanyakumari)	1,600,349	1,676,034	1,870,374
Karur	854,162	935,686	1,064,493
Krishnagiri	1,305,100	1,561,118	1,879,809
Madurai	2,400,339	2,578,201	3,038,252
Nagapattinam	1,377,700	1,488,839	1,616,450
Namakkal	1,322,715	1,493,462	1,726,601
Perambalur	451,000	493,646	565,223
Pudukkottai	1,327,148	1,459,601	1,618,345
Ramanathapuram	1,119,100	1,187,604	1,353,445
Salem	2,573,667	3,016,346	3,482,056
Sivaganga	1,103,100	1,155,356	1,339,101
Thanjavur	2,053,700	2,216,138	2,405,890
Theni	1,049,323	1,093,950	1,245,899
The Nilgiris	710,214	762,141	735,394
Thiruvallur (Tiruvallur)	2,238,500	2,754,756	3,728,104
Thiruvarur (Tiruvarur)	1,100,100	1,169,474	1,264,277
Thoothukkudi	1,475,900	1,592,769	1,750,176
Tiruchirappalli	2,196,473	2,418,366	2,722,290
Tirunelveli	2,481,900	2,703,492	3,077,233
Tiruppur	1,532,000	1,920,154	2,479,052
Tiruvannamalai	2,042,979	2,186,125	2,464,875
Vellore	3,026,432	3,477,317	3,936,331
Viluppuram	2,755,674	2,960,373	3,458,873
Virudhunagar	1,565,037	1,751,301	1,942,288
Tamil Nadu	55,858,946	62,405,679	72,147,030