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Tirunelveli AI Report

Date: September 30, 2025

Tirunelveli city, located in Tamil Nadu, has 2.2% of the state's population. It produces 29% of Tamil Nadu's Rice production(2% of India's production), 5.6% of Tamil Nadu's Sugarcane production, and 2.6% of Tamil Nadu's Onion production. Known for it's spiritual landmarks Nellaiappar Temple are some of the religious sites. The nearest airport is Trivandrum International Airport in Trivandrum, located 60 Km away.

Tirunelveli is the 97^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu State. Tirunelveli District is ranked 314^th in population and 322^nd in area across India.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Tirunelveli is the 8^th highest ranked in Tamil Script . This indicates a high pool of literate tamil population compared to other cities.

Tirunelveli is the 17^th highest ranked in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

Tirunelveli is the 18^th highest ranked in Number of towns (Number , Census 2011) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district has better urban development as compare to other districts.

Tamil Script

Tamil Script

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)

Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)

Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)

Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023

Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023

Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)

Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)

Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)

Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Tirunelveli is the 681^st worst ranked in Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023 . This implies relatively low structured employment due to this location not being a highly urbanized district and/or not a high GDP top 40 metropolis.

The Average Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 22. Tirunelveli is the 680^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies that this district is less urbanised compared to other districts

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Tirunelveli is the 647^th worst ranked in Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024) . This indicates that financial activities in district is less compared to other districts.

Tirunelveli City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Tirunelveli 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	2.00%	4^th	4291
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.92%	24^th	3510
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	0.24%	60^th	8750
Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	0.25%	62^nd	2991
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.38%	64^th	8100
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	0.27%	80^th	9531
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.31%	84^th	6666
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.25%	95^th	5257
Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	0.13%	137^th	2322
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.03%	176^th	4072
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.19%	215^th	2581
Number of Mule (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Mule (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	242^nd	7503
Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	0.05%	326^th	6286
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	0.02%	376^th	5803
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.02%	432^nd	6919

Tirunelveli Culture message.info.Highlights

Sr.No	संस्कृति आंकड़े	गिनती (Counts)	नाम
Famous Hindu Temples	Famous Hindu Temples	1	Nellaiappar Temple

Airports

	नाम	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Trivandrum International Airport	Trivandrum	TRV	60 Km

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	9688
2	No of Hospital Beds	1470	109^th	8528
3	No of Doctors	1795	128^th	7410
4	No of Primary Health Centers	48	321^st	5670
5	No of Total Hospitals	61	287^th	3785
6	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	57^th	3807
7	No of Community Health Centers	9	234^th	3733
8	No of Nurses	3392	92^nd	10639

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	169^th	6942
2	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	35^th	3177
3	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	310^th	5560
4	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	59^th	5113
5	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	86^th	3453
6	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	91^st	7009
7	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	61^st	1824
8	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	88^th	4421
9	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	78^th	9744
10	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	112^th	4014
11	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	146^th	6713
12	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	26^th	4018

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	74^th	9487
2	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	112^th	6375
3	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	146^th	4118
4	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	155^th	1846
5	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	405^th	8218
6	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	418^th	7339
7	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	473^rd	10435
8	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	591^st	7787
9	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	612^th	8761
10	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	647^th	10084

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	43^rd	9136

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	232^nd	7971
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	447^th	1210

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	46^th	1378
2	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	33^rd	2278
3	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	17^th	6149
4	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	33^rd	2682
5	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	119^th	4774
6	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	75^th	9242
7	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	70^th	3618
8	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	117^th	8151
9	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	62^nd	7077
10	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	78^th	5875
11	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	39^th	8837
12	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	105^th	7159
13	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	117^th	7631
14	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	70^th	3855
15	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	99^th	6675
16	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	83^rd	9656
17	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	102^nd	3046
18	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	98^th	11201
19	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	105^th	1993
20	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	75^th	7032
21	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	77^th	3917
22	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	82^nd	2312
23	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	29^th	9231

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	309^th	5271
2	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	399^th	9962
3	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	399^th	4069
4	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	523^rd	2312
5	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	598^th	2737

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	45^th	1913

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	325^th	7543

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	299^th	6294
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	105^th	4102

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	159^th	4798
2	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	282^nd	6941
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	484^th	2629
4	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	642^nd	1756

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	115^th	3488
2	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	78^th	9004
3	English Multilingual Population	50193	53^rd	3044
4	Tamil Script	23886	8^th	7789
5	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	139^th	11022

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bengali Script	13153	86^th	10685
2	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	119^th	9276
3	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	129^th	7842
4	Assamese Script	3229	340^th	9182
5	Odia Script	5442	370^th	5804
6	Latin Script (English)	2647	389^th	6961
7	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	444^th	6085
8	Marathi Script	27903	608^th	3728
9	Kannada Script	23603	644^th	9354
10	Telugu Script	39429	649^th	5471
11	Malayalam Script	6112	661^st	4313
12	Gujarati Script	25953	667^th	3682

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	330^th	2105
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	479^th	6332
3	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	680^th	11249

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	59^th	5577
2	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	73^rd	1227
3	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	54^th	9025
4	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	121^st	6374
5	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	64^th	10036
6	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	41^st	4759
7	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	43^rd	5188
8	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	29^th	5010
9	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	60^th	9949
10	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	18^th	8145

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Inhabited Villages	777	324^th	8234
2	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	485^th	9224

Population : 473,637 | Population Rank : 97^th

Area (KM²): 3,842 | Area Rank : 322^nd

Better than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Companies,2023	1876	70^th	8011
2	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	256^th	5985
3	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	68^th	6597
4	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	59^th	10861

Worse than India Average

Sr.No	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	550^th	8638
2	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	561^st	7452
3	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	681^st	10492

LANGUAGES
City (District Capitals)/DHQ

1. Tamil : 461,001
2. English Multilingual Population : 131,100
3. Telugu : 5,483

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

BASIC DETAILS

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	473,637
City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	97^th
District Area (km²)	:	3,842
District Area (Rank)	:	322^nd
No.of Towns in District	:	53
No. of Villages in District	:	465

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