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Pallavaram Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of Pallavaram city in 2024 is 304,000 , while Pallavaram metro population is estimated at 12,290,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Pallavaram city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Pallavaram city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Pallavaram city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Pallavaram in 2011 is 215,417. Although Pallavaram city has population of 215,417; its urban / metropolitan population is 8,653,521.

Pallavaram Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Pallavaram city are 179,375 of which 92,585 are males while 86,790 are females. Average literacy rate of Pallavaram city is 92.86 percent of which male and female literacy was 95.77 and 89.95 percent. The sex ratio of Pallavaram city is 996 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 978 per 1000 boys.

Pallavaram Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Pallavaram city & its Out Growth numbers 14,854 in which population of 57,545 resides. This is around 24.59% of total population of Pallavaram city & its outgrowth which is 233,984.

Pallavaram Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Pallavaram city with 84.25 % followers. Christianity is second most popular religion in Pallavaram city with 8.40 % following it. In Pallavaram city, Islam is followed by 6.37 %, Jainism by 0.14 %, Sikhism by 0.04 % and Buddhism by 0.03 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.77 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 84.25 % 197,123
Muslims 6.37 % 14,904
Christian 8.40 % 19,650
Sikh 0.04 % 99
Buddhist 0.03 % 60
Jain 0.14 % 316
Others 0.01 % 30
Not Stated 0.77 % 1,802

Chennai Future Population 2021-2031

Chennai City Metropolitan
2011 215,417 8,653,521
2021 280,000 11,249,000
2022 288,000 11,586,000
2023 296,000 11,933,000
2024 304,000 12,290,000
2025 313,000 12,658,000
2026 322,000 13,037,000
2027 331,000 13,428,000
2028 340,000 13,830,000
2029 350,000 14,244,000
2030 360,000 14,671,000
2031 370,000 15,111,000
Pallavaram City 2011 Total Male Female
City + Out Growths 233,984 117,405 116,579
City Population 215,417 107,925 107,492
Literates 179,375 92,585 86,790
Children (0-6) 22,258 11,253 11,005
Average Literacy (%) 92.86 % 95.77 % 89.95 %
Sexratio 996
Child Sexratio 978

Chennai Metropolitan Region

Pallavaram 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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