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Tambaram Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of Tambaram city in 2024 is 246,000 , while Tambaram metro population is estimated at 12,290,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Tambaram city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Tambaram city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Tambaram city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Tambaram in 2011 is 174,787. Although Tambaram city has population of 174,787; its urban / metropolitan population is 8,653,521.

Tambaram Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Tambaram city are 145,037 of which 76,428 are males while 68,609 are females. Average literacy rate of Tambaram city is 92.23 percent of which male and female literacy was 95.31 and 89.03 percent. The sex ratio of Tambaram city is 963 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 977 per 1000 boys.

Tambaram Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Tambaram city numbers 18,669 in which population of 73,751 resides. This is around 42.19% of total population of Tambaram city.

Tambaram Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Tambaram city with 80.41 % followers. Christianity is second most popular religion in Tambaram city with 12.25 % following it. In Tambaram city, Islam is followed by 6.54 %, Jainism by 0.40 %, Sikhism by 0.09 % and Buddhism by 0.06 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.24 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 80.41 % 140,542
Muslims 6.54 % 11,426
Christian 12.25 % 21,408
Sikh 0.09 % 154
Buddhist 0.06 % 109
Jain 0.40 % 693
Others 0.02 % 36
Not Stated 0.24 % 419

Chennai Future Population 2021-2031

Chennai City Metropolitan
2011 174,787 8,653,521
2021 227,000 11,249,000
2022 233,000 11,586,000
2023 239,000 11,933,000
2024 246,000 12,290,000
2025 253,000 12,658,000
2026 260,000 13,037,000
2027 267,000 13,428,000
2028 275,000 13,830,000
2029 283,000 14,244,000
2030 291,000 14,671,000
2031 299,000 15,111,000
Tambaram City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 174,787 89,060 85,727
Literates 145,037 76,428 68,609
Children (0-6) 17,535 8,869 8,666
Average Literacy (%) 92.23 % 95.31 % 89.03 %
Sexratio 963
Child Sexratio 977

Chennai Metropolitan Region

Tambaram 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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