Nagapattinam city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Tamil Nadu State/UT.
The current estimate population of Nagapattinam city in 2025 is
148,000
, while Nagapattinam metro population is estimated at
0
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Nagapattinam city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Nagapattinam city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Nagapattinam city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Nagapattinam in 2011 is 102,905.
Nagapattinam Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Nagapattinam city are 81,031 of which 41,875 are males while 39,156 are females. Average literacy rate of Nagapattinam city is 89.02 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.67 and 84.54 percent.
The sex ratio of Nagapattinam city is 1026 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 952 per 1000 boys.
Nagapattinam Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Nagapattinam city numbers 8,923 in which population of 35,860 resides. This is around 34.85% of total population of Nagapattinam city.
Nagapattinam Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Nagapattinam city with 71.40 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Nagapattinam with approximately 24.79 % following it.
In Nagapattinam city, Christinity is followed by 3.68 %, Jainism by 0.01 %, Sikhism by 0.01 % and Buddhism by 0.02 %. Around 0.00 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.08 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.