Tamil Christian population by cities

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This is a list of the Tamil Christian population per city.

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Town/CityDistrictCountryPercentNumbersYearNotesRefs
Kanyakumari Kanyakumari DistrictFlag of India.svg  India 61.16%18,2022011 [1]
Thoothukudi Thoothukudi DistrictFlag of India.svg  India 30.14%71,6812011
Tirunelveli Tirunelveli DistrictFlag of India.svg  India 10.59%50,1582011

Districts with highest percentage of Tamil Christians as per 2011 census

Districts with significant percentage of Christians as per 2011 census
DistrictChristian (%)Christian (numbers)
Tamil Nadu6.124,418,336
Kanyakumari 47.74876,229
Thoothukudi 18.563,34,908
Tirunelveli 12.063,64,243
The Nilgiris 11.4587,272
Tiruchirappalli 9.462,49,033
Dindigul 7.871,70,265
Chennai 7.723,64,261
Ramanathapuram 6.7392,092
Kanchipuram 6.422,70,416
Tiruvallur 6.292,49,719
Sivaganga 5.9675,481
Coimbatore 5.62,01,314
Thanjavur 5.571,34,945
Ariyalur 4.9537,403
Pudukkottai 4.572,820
Viluppuram 4.01,39,745
Virudhunagar 3.4767,405
Madurai 3.2296,352
Cuddalore 3.2283,611
Theni 3.0237,830
Nagapattinam 2.9447,780
Vellore 2.831,12,477
Tiruppur 2.8270,015
Tiruvannamalai 2.7267,180
Tiruvarur 2.6333,621
Erode 2.4855,899
Krishnagiri 1.9136,898
Perambalur 1.8210,310
Salem 1.5558,450
Karur 1.5516,863
Namakkal 0.9816,898
Dharmapuri 0.9414,089

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References

  1. "Primary census abstract 2001". Directorate of Census Operations – Tamil Nadu. 2001. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.