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Alandur Population 2024

Alandur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Chennai Metropolitan Region. The Alandur city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.


The current estimate population of Alandur city in 2024 is 231,000 , while Alandur metro population is estimated at 12,290,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Alandur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Alandur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Alandur city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Alandur in 2011 is 164,430. Although Alandur city has population of 164,430; its urban / metropolitan population is 8,653,521.

Alandur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Alandur city are 140,143 of which 71,729 are males while 68,414 are females. Average literacy rate of Alandur city is 94.46 percent of which male and female literacy was 96.82 and 92.12 percent. The sex ratio of Alandur city is 997 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 949 per 1000 boys.

Alandur Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Alandur city numbers 7,947 in which population of 30,105 resides. This is around 18.31% of total population of Alandur city.

Alandur Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Alandur city with 84.09 % followers. Christianity is second most popular religion in Alandur city with 7.94 % following it. In Alandur city, Islam is followed by 7.08 %, Jainism by 0.25 %, Sikhism by 0.06 % and Buddhism by 0.04 %. Around 0.03 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.51 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 84.09 % 138,262
Muslims 7.08 % 11,645
Christian 7.94 % 13,051
Sikh 0.06 % 106
Buddhist 0.04 % 72
Jain 0.25 % 407
Others 0.03 % 52
Not Stated 0.51 % 835

Chennai Future Population 2021-2031

Chennai City Metropolitan
2011 164,430 8,653,521
2021 213,000 11,249,000
2022 219,000 11,586,000
2023 225,000 11,933,000
2024 231,000 12,290,000
2025 237,000 12,658,000
2026 244,000 13,037,000
2027 251,000 13,428,000
2028 258,000 13,830,000
2029 265,000 14,244,000
2030 272,000 14,671,000
2031 280,000 15,111,000
Alandur City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 164,430 82,332 82,098
Literates 140,143 71,729 68,414
Children (0-6) 16,074 8,246 7,828
Average Literacy (%) 94.46 % 96.82 % 92.12 %
Sexratio 997
Child Sexratio 949

Chennai Metropolitan Region

Alandur city comes under Chennai Metropolitan area.
Chennai Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 8,653,521 4,358,612 4,294,909
Literates 7,000,270 3,660,527 3,339,743
Children (0-6) 895,024 458,657 436,367
Average Literacy (%) 90.23 % 93.86 % 86.55 %
Sexratio 985
Child Sexratio 951
Chennai Metropolitan Areas
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