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Ambattur Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of Ambattur city in 2024 is 661,000 , while Ambattur metro population is estimated at 12,290,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Ambattur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Ambattur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Ambattur city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Ambattur in 2011 is 466,205. Although Ambattur city has population of 466,205; its urban / metropolitan population is 8,653,521.

Ambattur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Ambattur city are 385,138 of which 200,470 are males while 184,668 are females. Average literacy rate of Ambattur city is 92.19 percent of which male and female literacy was 95.42 and 88.93 percent. The sex ratio of Ambattur city is 985 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 951 per 1000 boys.

Ambattur Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Ambattur city numbers 14,154 in which population of 55,085 resides. This is around 11.82% of total population of Ambattur city.

Ambattur Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Ambattur city with 86.53 % followers. Christianity is second most popular religion in Ambattur city with 8.95 % following it. In Ambattur city, Islam is followed by 3.68 %, Jainism by 0.17 %, Sikhism by 0.05 % and Buddhism by 0.04 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.57 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 86.53 % 403,430
Muslims 3.68 % 17,152
Christian 8.95 % 41,731
Sikh 0.05 % 232
Buddhist 0.04 % 169
Jain 0.17 % 784
Others 0.01 % 63
Not Stated 0.57 % 2,644

Chennai Future Population 2021-2031

Chennai City Metropolitan
2011 466,205 8,653,521
2021 606,000 11,249,000
2022 624,000 11,586,000
2023 642,000 11,933,000
2024 661,000 12,290,000
2025 680,000 12,658,000
2026 700,000 13,037,000
2027 721,000 13,428,000
2028 742,000 13,830,000
2029 764,000 14,244,000
2030 786,000 14,671,000
2031 809,000 15,111,000
Ambattur City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 466,205 234,923 231,282
Literates 385,138 200,470 184,668
Children (0-6) 48,444 24,829 23,615
Average Literacy (%) 92.19 % 95.42 % 88.93 %
Sexratio 985
Child Sexratio 951

Chennai Metropolitan Region

Ambattur 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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