PRARANG

Knowledge Webs for Smarter Governance

Knowledge Webs for Smarter Governance


Chennai Analytics

Chennai is UA includes 1.Tiruvallur 2.Kanchipuram Please note that the Mother Tongue ( highest number) of this City/DHQ ( District Headquarter) in Census 2011 is Hindi Additionally, there is a possibility that there is more than 30K literate Urdu language population too in this City. The Census did NOT distinguish between literacy in Urdu vs merely speaking in Urdu language- as such, we can't be sure. It is therefore recommended to consider all URDU and Tamil data consolidated together for this City/DHQ, for any linguistic Digital market/advertising size calculations.

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

  • 1. Tamil   :   3,640,389
  • 2. English Multilingual Population   :   1,286,192
  • 3. Telugu   :   432,295

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 6

Reach-o-Meter

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ
Population  :
:
4,646,732
City(District Capitals)/DHQ
Population (Rank)  
:
7th
District
Area (km2)  
:
426
District
Area (Rank)
:
732nd
No.of Towns  
in District
: 610
No. of Villages  
in District
: 739

What is A.I.?  FAQ

Chennai Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Chennai is the 7th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Chennai District in Tamil Nadu State. Chennai District is 9th highest ranked in population & 732nd ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.


Chennai City / District Ranks

Work

GDP (Crores. RBI SCB June 2023)   755th
GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB June 2023)   749th
Place

State   616th
State Code   726th
District   130th
AEGR (2011) (District)   66th
District Area (Sq Km)   32nd
Type (D, ND, UT, CH, SC)   734th

Dist. Formation Year   665th

Number of Universities(No,AISHE 2020)   393rd
Number of Colleges(No,AISHE 2020)   746th

Number of Internet Connections(No, TRAI 2023)   759th

Total Annual Newspaper Circulation(No, RNI 2021)   669th
Number of Dailies or Magazines(No, RNI 2021)   743rd
Number of Theatres(No, BOC 2020)   383rd

Number of Police Stations(NO, IPC 2021)   762nd
Number of Murders(NO, IPC 2021)   525th
Number of IPC Crimes(NO, IPC 2021)   549th
Number of Cyber Crimes(NO, IPC 2021)   414th
Number of Missing Persons(NO, IPC 2021)   448th
Murder/Lakh Pop(Ratio, IPC 2021)   326th
Crime/1000 Pop(Ratio, IPC 2021)   506th

Number of towns(Number , Census 2011)   106th
Urbanization(% , Census 2011)   653rd
Number of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises(Number , Census 2011)   741st
Number of Households with Location of drinking water source near premises(Number , Census 2011)   664th
Number of Households with Location of drinking water source away from premises(Number , Census 2011)   265th
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity(Number , Census 2011)   737th
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as Kerosene(Number , Census 2011)   213th
Number of Households with No Lighting(Number , Census 2011)   442nd
Number of households having latrine facility within the premises(Number , Census 2011)   740th
Number of Households that use firewood as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   198th
Number of Households that use crop residue as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   279th
Number of Households that use cowdung cake as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   288th
Number of Households that use Kerosene as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   736th
Number of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   743rd
Number of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   348th
Number of Households that use Biogas as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   532nd
Number of Households that use any other type of fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   341st
Number of Households that don't use any type of fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   721st
Total Households classified user Type of Fuel used for Cooking(Number , Census 2011)   729th
Number of Households with Kitchen facility inside house(Number , Census 2011)   742nd
Number of Households with Kitchen facility outside house(Number , Census 2011)   323rd

Number of Households with Owned houses(No, Census 2011)   631st
Number of Households with rented houses(No, Census 2011)   745th
Number of Households with ownership status of house as other(No, Census 2011)   669th
Number of Households with means of Transport as Bicycle(No, Census 2011)   701st
Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped(No, Census 2011)   744th
Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van(No, Census 2011)   742nd
Number of Households with Radio Transistor(No, Census 2011)   740th
Number of Households with Television(No, Census 2011)   742nd
Number of Households with Internet(No, Census 2011)   744th
Number of Households without Internet(No, Census 2011)   742nd
Number of Households with Landline only(No, Census 2011)   744th
Number of Households with Mobile only(No, Census 2011)   738th
Number of Households with Both landline and mobile(No, Census 2011)   742nd
Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car(No, Census 2011)   745th
Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline(No, Census 2011)   208th
Number of households availing banking services(No, Census 2011)   740th
Number of Banks(No, RBI RBI SCB June 2023)   739th
Number of Banks(No, RBI SCB Q3 2022)   744th

No of Hospital Beds(No, MOFHW 2022)   765th
No of Primary Health Centers(No, MOFHW 2022)   759th
No of Community Health Centers(No, MOFHW 2022)   735th
No of Sub Divisional Hospital(No, MOFHW 2022)   498th
No of District Hospital(No, MOFHW 2022)   598th
No of Total Hospitals(No, MOFHW 2022)   761st
People

City (DHQ ) Pop 2011   764th
City (DHQ ) Pop 2011 ('000)   760th
City(DHQ) Pop 2023   762nd
City/DHQ Population Class   768th
District Pop 2011   761st
District Pop 2011 ('000)   761st
District Pop 2012   761st
District Pop 2013   761st
District Pop 2014   761st
District Pop 2015   760th
District Pop 2016   760th
District Pop 2017   760th
District Pop 2018   760th
District Pop 2019   760th
District Pop 2020   760th
District Pop 2021   760th
District Pop 2022   760th
District Pop 2023   760th

Working Population 2018 (Number,Census 2011)   760th
Working Population 2021(Number,Census 2011)   760th
Working Population 2023(Number,Census 2011)   760th
Number of Central Government Jobs (Number,DOE Annual Report 2018)   754th
Number of State Government Jobs   766th
Number of Private Jobs( Number, Labour Ministry Quarterly employment Survey 2022)   759th
Number of PSU Jobs(Number,DPE 2022, )   751st
Number of Formal Jobs(Sum,DPE 2022)   764th
Number of Informal Jobs (Including all Unemployed) (Number, Labour Ministry Quarterly employment Survey 2022 and Sengupta committee)   764th
Number of Companies   749th
Formal Jobs % Working Pop(%,DPE 2022)   727th
Govt Jobs % of Working Population(%,DPE 2022)   727th

Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)   67th
Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)   596th
Number of Males (2011) (Number, Census 2011)   714th
Number of Females (2011) (District) (Number, Census 2011)   724th
Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)   746th

Literacy (%)   743rd
HQ Mother Tongue Population   761st
Assamese Script   420th
Bengali Script   657th
Devnagri Script (Hindi)   644th
Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)   564th
Kannada Script   509th
Malayalam Script   663rd
Marathi Script   654th
Gujarati Script   580th
Odia Script   612th
Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)   705th
Tamil Script   649th
Telugu Script   634th
Latin Script (English)   647th
Other Scripts   195th
English Multilingual Population   763rd
Script Pools Number < 30,000   530th
Assamese   408th
Bengali   660th
Bodo   156th
Dogri   171st
Gujarati   579th
Hindi   661st
Kannada   494th
Kashmiri   235th
Konkani   293rd
Maithili   379th
Malayalam   663rd
Manipuri   302nd
Marathi   654th
Nepali   644th
Odia   614th
Punjabi   569th
Sanskrit   291st
Santali   186th
Sindhi   366th
Tamil   646th
Telugu   625th
Urdu   706th
Adi   84th
Angami   53rd
Ao   56th
Arabic   271st
Bhili   164th
Chakru   16th
Coorgi   68th
Dimasa   65th
English   604th
Gangte   24th
Garo   39th
Gondi   62nd
Halam   39th
Kabui   28th
Khandeshi   55th
Kharia   93rd
Khasi   45th
Khezha   15th
Koda   12th
Kom   28th
Konda   19th
Korku   23rd
Korwa   11th
Kuki   80th
Kurukh   264th
Lahauli   16th
Lahnda   52nd
Lakher   39th
Lepcha   31st
Limbu   7th
Lotha   32nd
Lushai   152nd
Munda   180th
Mundari   108th
Nicobarese   13th
Nissi   48th
Paite   42nd
Pochury   13th
Rabha   22nd
Tangkhul   65th
Thado   52nd
Tibetan   73rd
Tripuri   87th
Tulu   174th
Zemi   24th
Others   580th

Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)   731st
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years)(No,AISHE 2020)   752nd
Number of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges(No,AISHE 2020)   765th
Number of Ph.D Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)   761st
Number of Master's Enrolment(No,AISHE 2020)   767th
Number of Bachelor's Enrolment(No,AISHE 2020)   767th
Number of UG Diploma Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)   752nd
Number of Diploma(No,AISHE 2020)   766th
Number of ITIS seats(No,AISHE 2020)   752nd
Number of Total Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)   767th
Number of Population (0-18)(No,Census 2011)   758th
Number of of Schools(No, UDISE 2021)   741st
Number of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop(No, UDISE 2021)   753rd
Number of UG Enrolments - Arts (No,AISHE 2020)   696th
Number of UG Enrolments - Science(No,AISHE 2020)   571st
Number of UG Enrolments - Engg(No,AISHE 2020)   725th
Number of UG Enrolments - Commerce(No,AISHE 2020)   561st
Number of UG Enrolments - Law(No,AISHE 2020)   701st
Number of UG Enrolments - Management(No,AISHE 2020)   631st
Number of UG Enrolments - Teaching(No,AISHE 2020)   759th
Number of UG Enrolments - Medical(No,AISHE 2020)   680th
Number of PG Enrolments - Arts(No,AISHE 2020)   696th
Number of PG Enrolments - Science(No,AISHE 2020)   571st
Number of PG Enrolments - Engg(No,AISHE 2020)   721st
Number of PG Enrolments - Commerce(No,AISHE 2020)   560th
Number of PG Enrolments - Management(No,AISHE 2020)   632nd

Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Minimum)(No, FB Oct 2023)   722nd
Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, FB Oct 2023)   722nd
City FB Users % of City Literate Population(%, FB Oct 2023)   586th
English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language(No, Census 2011)   765th
Urban Internet Pop/City Pop(%, TRAI Aug 2023)   492nd
Availability of Sharechat (Hyperlocal Advertising)   760th
Availability of Dailyhunt (Hyperlocal Advertising)   333rd
Availability of Linkedin (Hyperlocal Advertising)   237th
Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in 2023)   678th
Linkedin 1-day Spend   274th
Linkedin 1 Day Impressions   615th
Linkedin CTR   494th
Linkedin CPC   124th
Linkedin Cost/Engagement   22nd
Twitter Low   584th
Twitter High   583rd
Average   584th

Number of households(Number , Census 2011)   729th
Urban Population(Number , Census 2011)   709th
Number of Households with No married couples(Number , Census 2011)   717th
Number of Households with 1 married couple(Number , Census 2011)   733rd
Number of Households with 2 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   693rd
Number of Households with 3 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   593rd
Number of Households with 4 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   501st

Bank Deposits(Crore, RBI RBI SCB June 2023)   738th
Bank Credit(Crore, RBI RBI SCB June 2023)   738th
Bank Deposits(Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2022)   743rd
Bank Credit(Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2022)   743rd
Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB June 2023)   693rd
Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs,RBI SCB June 2023)   673rd
No. of Banks/1000 Household(in "1000", SCB 2023)   246th
Bank Credits - Bank Debits (Crores, RBI SCB June 2023)   51st
Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB June 2023)   135th
House Ownership % of Households(%, Census 2011)   11th
% of Household with Mobiles(%, Census 2011)   547th
% of Households with Cars(%, Census 2011)   707th

No of Doctors(No, MOFHW 2022)   722nd
No of Nurses(No, MOFHW 2022)   752nd

Chennai Culture Highlights

Sr.No Culture Metrics Counts Name

Famous Forts

Famous Forts   1 Fort St George

Famous Jain Temples

Famous Jain Temples   1 Parshvantha temple, Sowcarpet

Famous Hindu Temples

Famous Hindu Temples   1 Iskcon Temple

Famous Mosques

Famous Mosques   1 Periamet Mosque

Famous Museum Name

Famous Museum Name   1 Chennai Railway Museum

Famous Buddhist Temple Name

Famous Buddhist Temple Name   1 Sri Lanka Maha Bodhi Centre, Chennai

Zoo

Zoo   1 Arignar Anna Zoological Park Vandalur Zoo
Airports
Name IATA Code City Distance

Airport Name

Chennai International Airport Chennai MAA 10 Km

Chennai Nature Highlights

Nature Metrics % of India Rank Out of 768 City / Districts Data

Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production

Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production   0.21% 218th 5070

Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production

Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production   0.08% 258th 8734

Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production

Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production   0.09% 278th 5343

Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production

Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production   0.57% 327th 3997

Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production

Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production   6.15% 336th 8407