Thoothukkudi is one of 32 districts located in southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu. There are total 14 blocks which comes under Thoothukkudi district, and there are total 441 villages and 13 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Thoothukkudi district is 627 and number of houses in this district is 302054.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1127701. Out of total 1127701, male population count is 557964, where as female population count is 569737 in Thoothukkudi.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 119856 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 119856 children 61124 are boys and 58732 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Thoothukkudi district is 74%. 840832 out of total 1127701 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 79% and 443945 males are literate out of total 557964 male population, where as female literacy rate is 30% and 396887 out of total 569737 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Thoothukkudi district is 25%. 286869 out of total 1127701 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 20% and 114019 males are illiterate out of total 557964 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 30% and 172850 out of total 569737 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Thoothukkudi district is 517122 and non-working population is 610579 and out of 517122 working population 41308 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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