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Dairying in Tamil nadu
A Statistical Profile
2014
Part I :
General Statistics
National Dairy Development Board
I.2. Social Statistics: Human Population
Table I.2.1: Human Population by Residence and Sex –2001
Districts
Rural
(‘000)
Urban
(‘000)
Total
(‘000)
Male
Female Total
Male
Female Total
Male
Female Total
TAMIL NADU
17,531 17,390 34,922 13,869 13,615 27,484 31,401 31,005 62,406
Ariyalur
308
309
617
39
40
79
347
349
696
Chennai
0
0
0 2,220 2,124 4,344 2,220 2,124 4,344
Coimbatore
735
717 1,452 1,441 1,379 2,820 2,176 2,096 4,272
Cuddalore
772
759 1,531
379
375
754 1,151 1,134 2,285
Dharmapuri
1240 1,160 2,400
233
222
456 1,474 1,383 2,856
Dindigul
629
621 1,250
339
334
673
968
955 1,923
Erode
705
682 1,388
604
590 1,194 1,309 1,272 2,582
Kancheepuram
676
666 1,343
781
754 1,535 1,457 1,420 2,877
Kanniyakumari
290
293
582
543
551 1,094
832
844 1,676
Karur
311
314
624
155
157
311
466
470
936
Madurai
573
561 1,134
730
714 1,444 1,303 1,275 2,578
Nagapattinam
576
583 1,159
163
167
330
739
750 1,489
Namakkal
482
466
948
277
268
545
760
734 1,493
Perambalur
207
208
414
39
40
79
246
248
494
Pudukkottai
601
611 1,211
124
125
248
724
735 1,460
Ramanathapuram
433
452
885
150
152
302
583
604 1,188
Salem
852
774 1,626
711
679 1,390 1,564 1,453 3,016
Sivaganga
405
424
829
162
164
326
567
588 1,155
Thanjavur
726
741 1,468
370
378
749 1,097 1,120 2,216
The Nilgiris
152
156
308
226
228
455
378
384
762
Theni
255
247
502
298
294
592
553
541 1,094
Thiruvallur
629
626 1,255
768
732 1,500 1,397 1,357 2,755
Thiruvarur
464
469
932
117
120
237
581
589 1,169
Thoothukkudi
439
468
908
328
337
665
767
805 1,572
Tiruchirappalli
639
641 1,279
570
569 1,139 1,209 1,210 2,418
Tirunelveli
689
727 1,416
645
663 1,308 1,334 1,390 2,724
Tiruvannamalai
896
890 1,785
200
201
401 1,096 1,090 2,186
Vellore
1,088 1,081 2,169
653
655 1,308 1,741 1,736 3,477
Viluppuram
1,277 1,256 2,533
215
212
427 1,492 1,468 2,960
Virudhunagar
483
491
974
388
390
777
870
881 1,751
Source: Census 2001, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Govt. of India, New Delhi.