Dharmapuri is one of district of Tamil Nadu in India. There are 5 Taluks, 486 villages and 13 towns in Dharmapuri district.
As per the Census India 2011, Dharmapuri district has 375873 households, population of 1506843 of which 774303 are males and 732540 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 167940 which is 11.15% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Dharmapuri district is around
946 compared to
996 which is average of Tamil Nadu state. The literacy rate of Dharmapuri district is 60.9% out of which 68.14% males are literate and 53.25% females are literate. The total area of Dharmapuri is 4497 sq.km with population density of 335 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 82.68% of population lives in Urban area and 17.32% lives in Rural area. There are 16.29% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.18% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dharmapuri district.
Dharmapuri Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 1506843 | 100% |
| Hindu | 1452956 | 96.42% |
| Muslim | 38304 | 2.54% |
| Christian | 14089 | 0.94% |
| Religion not stated | 1167 | 0.08% |
| Sikh | 164 | 0.01% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 87 | 0.01% |
| Buddhist | 39 | 0% |
| Jain | 37 | 0% |
Dharmapuri Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 89.57 | 4407.43 |
| Number of households | 65464 | 310409 |
| Total Population | 260912 | 1245931 |
| Population (%) | 50.24% | 48.37% |
| Male Population | 131088 | 643215 |
| Female Population | 129824 | 602716 |
| Sex Ratio | 990 | 937 |
| Literacy (%) | 72.79% | 58.41% |
List of Taluks in Dharmapuri
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