Directorate of Census Operations, Chennai has hosted the valuable spatial and non-spatial census data on web at http://www.census.tn.nic.in/ with the technical assistance for design, development and hosting from National Informatics Centre, Tamil Nadu State Centre. Web based dissemination enables any time – anywhere accessibility of valuable census data with the lowest investment of having a browser and internet connectivity from the user.
The website enables dynamic query shells with which a user may select what is required and the region of interest to view the data in tabular form, chart form or map form.
Census 2001 Data
Census 2001 has included a lot of parameters that are essential to study the growth of the economy and living conditions of our country. The Primary Census Abstract includes more than 18 parameters including the Male and Female distribution for each parameter as listed below:
Total Households |
Total Population |
Total Child Population (Age 0-6) |
Scheduled Castes |
Scheduled Tribes |
Literates |
Total Workers |
Main Workers |
Main Cultivators |
Main Agricultural Labourers |
Main Workers in Household Industries |
Main Other Workers |
Marginal Workers |
Marginal Cultivators |
Marginal Agricultural Labourers |
Marginal Workers in Household Industries |
Marginal Other Workers |
Non Workers |
This data is available for various levels of administrative unit vi z. State, District, Taluk, Town, Ward and Village levels for the entire state.
Apart from the Primary Census Abstract data that is available up to village level, the following data also have been hosted in the website.
1. Housing and Households data
This includes 65 tables such as the following:
a) Population who have access to Electricity, Toilet
b) Availability of Bathroom, Type of Latrine and Drainage
c) Population who avail Banking Services and other Assets |
