Chennai on top of India’s density index

By G Saravanan

Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai on July 20, 2011:

Source:http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/chennai-on-top-of-india%E2%80%99s-density-index/295917.html

CHENNAI: The provisional population totals released by the Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu on Tuesday revealed that the Chennai (district) has now become the second district in the country in terms of population density.

The North East district in the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the most densely populated district in the country, with a whopping 37,346 people per sq km in 2011, compared to  29,468 people per sq km in 2001.According to the official statistics released by S Gopalakrishnan, Director of Census Operations in the State, the population density in Chennai has increased from 24,963 per sq km in 2001 to 26,903 people 2011. In other words, about 1,940 people have been added to the city’s per sq km area in the past 10 years.This growth in density puts to rest the popular notion among Chennaiites and policy makers that many people, due to increasing cost of living and congestion in the city, have moved to the suburbs and settled there in the past 10-15 years.While Chennai district recorded a phenomenal growth in density, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Madurai and Kanyakumari have registered a nominal three-digit growth. Thiruvallur district has a density of 1,049 people per sq km, while in Kancheepuram it is 927.
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Arunachal dist has just one person per sqkm

Chennai district, which stands second in population density in the country, is followed by Delhi East District with a density of 26,683 persons per sqkm and Kolkata district (West Bengal) with a density of 24,252 people.

Central Delhi district stands fifth with 23,147. Mumbai Suburban district (Maharashtra) is at the sixth spot with a density of 20,925 persons per sqkm.

On the contrary, Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh has grabbed the top post for having the lowest population density in the country with just one person per sqkm. Dibang Valley district is also the lease populous district in the country.


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Urban population sees 14% jump in 2 decades

CHENNAI: The State’s urban population has recorded a remarkable 14 per cent jump in the last two decades, according to the new census statistics released here on Tuesday.

Unveiling the provisional population totals of the State here, S Gopalakrishnan, Director of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu, said, “In the last two decades, percentage of urban population has increased to 48.45 per cent of the total population from 34.15 percent in 1991.”Incidentally, the share of urban population in the State, which stood at 24.35 per cent in 1951, has increased to 48.45 per cent in past six decades.

While districts like Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Madurai and Kanyakumari have recorded a share of over 60 per cent of their population under urban category among all the districts of Tamil Nadu,  other districts such as Pudukottai, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Villupuram, Dharmapuri and Tiruvannamalai in the State  have less than or 20 per cent of their population in the category.