Nagapattinam is one of district of Tamil Nadu in India. There are 8 Taluks, 491 villages and 14 towns in Nagapattinam district.
As per the Census India 2011, Nagapattinam district has 413,837 households, population of 1,616,450 of which 798,127 are males and 818,323 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 165,245 which is 10.22% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Nagapattinam district is around
1025 compared to
996 which is average of Tamil Nadu state. The literacy rate of Nagapattinam district is 75.04% out of which 80.3% males are literate and 69.91% females are literate. The total area of Nagapattinam is 2,569 sq.km with population density of 629 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 77.44% of population lives in Urban area and 22.56% lives in Rural area. There are 31.54% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.23% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Nagapattinam district.
Nagapattinam Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 1,616,450 | 100% |
| Hindu | 1,435,072 | 88.78% |
| Muslim | 128,617 | 7.96% |
| Christian | 47,579 | 2.94% |
| Religion not stated | 3,475 | 0.21% |
| Jain | 963 | 0.06% |
| Buddhist | 450 | 0.03% |
| Sikh | 184 | 0.01% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 110 | 0.01% |
Nagapattinam 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) | 188 | 2,381 |
| Number of households | 90,487 | 323,350 |
| Total Population | 364,624 | 1,251,826 |
| Population (%) | 49.03% | 50.52% |
| Male Population | 178,758 | 619,369 |
| Female Population | 185,866 | 632,457 |
| Sex Ratio | 1040 | 1021 |
| Literacy (%) | 79.87% | 73.64% |
List of Taluks in Nagapattinam
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