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Ozhukarai Population 2024

Ozhukarai city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Puducherry Metropolitan Region. The Ozhukarai city is located in Puducherry state of India.


The current estimate population of Ozhukarai city in 2024 is 425,000 , while Ozhukarai metro population is estimated at 932,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Ozhukarai city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Ozhukarai city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Ozhukarai city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Ozhukarai in 2011 is 300,104. Although Ozhukarai city has population of 300,104; its urban / metropolitan population is 657,209.

Ozhukarai Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Ozhukarai city are 240,929 of which 124,773 are males while 116,156 are females. Average literacy rate of Ozhukarai city is 89.35 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.86 and 84.97 percent. The sex ratio of Ozhukarai city is 1021 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 963 per 1000 boys.

Ozhukarai Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Ozhukarai city numbers 6,660 in which population of 27,642 resides. This is around 9.21% of total population of Ozhukarai city.

Ozhukarai Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Ozhukarai city with 89.48 % followers. Christianity is second most popular religion in Ozhukarai city with 7.85 % following it. In Ozhukarai city, Islam is followed by 2.18 %, Jainism by 0.30 %, Sikhism by 0.03 % and Buddhism by 0.02 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.13 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 89.48 % 268,527
Muslims 2.18 % 6,538
Christian 7.85 % 23,548
Sikh 0.03 % 81
Buddhist 0.02 % 74
Jain 0.30 % 898
Others 0.02 % 49
Not Stated 0.13 % 389

Puducherry Future Population 2021-2031

Puducherry City Metropolitan
2011 300,104 657,209
2021 390,000 854,000
2022 401,000 879,000
2023 413,000 905,000
2024 425,000 932,000
2025 437,000 959,000
2026 450,000 987,000
2027 463,000 1,016,000
2028 476,000 1,046,000
2029 490,000 1,077,000
2030 504,000 1,109,000
2031 519,000 1,142,000
Ozhukarai City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 300,104 148,464 151,640
Literates 240,929 124,773 116,156
Children (0-6) 30,464 15,523 14,941
Average Literacy (%) 89.35 % 93.86 % 84.97 %
Sexratio 1021
Child Sexratio 963

Puducherry Metropolitan Region

Ozhukarai city comes under Puducherry Metropolitan area.
Puducherry Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 657,209 323,489 333,720
Literates 522,868 270,672 252,196
Children (0-6) 66,835 33,792 33,043
Average Literacy (%) 88.57 % 93.43 % 83.88 %
Sexratio 1032
Child Sexratio 978
Puducherry Metropolitan Areas
Ariankuppam, Kurumbapet (GP), Manavely, Odiampet, Ozhukarai, Puducherry, and Villianur