Salem District Population, Tamil Nadu - Census India 2011

Salem is one of district of Tamil Nadu in India. There are 9 Taluks, 585 villages and 68 towns in Salem district.

As per the Census India 2011, Salem district has 915,967 households, population of 3,482,056 of which 1,781,571 are males and 1,700,485 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 344,960 which is 9.91% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Salem district is around 954 compared to 996 which is average of Tamil Nadu state. The literacy rate of Salem district is 65.64% out of which 72.13% males are literate and 58.83% females are literate. The total area of Salem is 5,237 sq.km with population density of 665 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 49.05% of population lives in Urban area and 50.95% lives in Rural area. There are 16.67% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 3.43% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Salem district.

Salem Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	3,482,056	100%
Hindu	3,326,357	95.53%
Muslim	95,487	2.74%
Christian	53,841	1.55%
Religion not stated	4,547	0.13%
Jain	992	0.03%
Sikh	412	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	246	0.01%
Buddhist	174	0%

Salem 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)	676	4,561
Number of households	463,944	452,023
Total Population	1,774,122	1,707,934
Population (%)	50.63%	48.28%
Male Population	898,297	883,274
Female Population	875,825	824,660
Sex Ratio	975	934
Literacy (%)	71.97%	59.06%

List of Taluks in Salem

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Salem district, Tamil Nadu

Salem Population Facts

Number of Households	915,967
Population	3,482,056
Male Population	1,781,571 (51.16%)
Female Population	1,700,485 (48.84%)
Children Population	344,960
Area	5,237 km2
Population density/km2	665
Sex-ratio	954
Literacy	65.64%
Male Literacy	72.13%
Female Literacy	58.83%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	3.43%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	16.67%