Rank in 2011 | District | Population Density (persons per sq. km.) | Rank in 2001 | |
2011 | 2001 | |||
1 | Chennai (M Corp.) | 26903 | 24963 | 1 |
2 | Kanniyakumari | 1106 | 995 | 2 |
3 | Thiruvallur | 1049 | 776 | 3 |
4 | Kancheepuram | 927 | 668 | 5 |
5 | Madurai | 823 | 698 | 4 |
6 | Coimbatore | 748 | 631 | 9 |
7 | Cuddalore | 702 | 617 | 7 |
8 | Thanjavur | 691 | 638 | 6 |
9 | Nagapattinam | 668 | 616 | 8 |
10 | Salem | 663 | 575 | 10 |
11 | Vellore | 646 | 572 | 11 |
12 | Tiruchirappalli | 602 | 536 | 12 |
13 | Thiruvarur | 533 | 492 | 13 |
14 | Namakkal | 506 | 439 | 14 |
15 | Viluppuram | 482 | 412 | 15 |
16 | Tiruppur | 476 | 367 | 19 |
17 | Tirunelveli | 458 | 403 | 17 |
18 | Virudhunagar | 454 | 409 | 16 |
19 | Theni | 433 | 381 | 18 |
20 | Tiruvannamalai | 399 | 353 | 21 |
21 | Erode | 397 | 354 | 22 |
22 | Ariyalur | 387 | 358 | 20 |
23 | Thoothukkudi | 378 | 347 | 23 |
24 | Karur | 371 | 323 | 24 |
25 | Krishnagiri | 370 | 307 | 27 |
26 | Dindigul | 357 | 317 | 25 |
27 | Pudukkottai | 348 | 314 | 26 |
28 | Dharmapuri | 332 | 286 | 29 |
29 | Sivaganga | 324 | 279 | 32 |
30 | Perambalur | 323 | 282 | 31 |
31 | Ramanathapuram | 320 | 284 | 30 |
32 | The Nilgiris | 288 | 299 | 28 |