Do you want to know which caste is powerful in tamilnadu and all major caste, religion percentage, future population and all other statistics? Here we have A to Z information for you.
Tamil Nadu Population Every Year
- Population of Madras Presidency in 1871 Census of India – 33,308,225
- Population of Madras Presidency in 1881 Census of India – 31,170,631
- Population of Tamil speakers in 1951 Census: 26,546,764 (7.43% of total Indian population)
- Population of Tamil Nadu in 2001 Census of India – 62,405,679
- Population of Tamil speakers in 2001 Census: 60,793,814 (6.26% of total Indian population)
- Population of Tamil Nadu in 2011 Census of India – 72,147,030
Tamil Nadu Caste Wise Population & Ethnic Groups
Below you can see the major castes in Tamilnadu. Vanniyar is the most populated caste in Tamilnadu state. You can decide the dominant caste in Tamilnadu by looking the order and rankings below.
- Vanniyar population in Tamilnadu – 18%
- Yadavar population in Tamilnadu – 10%
- Kongu Vellalar population in Tamilnadu – 8%
- Mukkulathor population in Tamilnadu – 8%
- Nadar population in Tamilnadu – 7%
- Mutharaiyar population in Tamilnadu – 7%
- Thevar population in Tamilnadu – 3%
- Pillai, Mudaliar population in Tamilnadu – 4%
- Naidu, Naicker, Reddy, Reddiar, Udaiyar population in Tamilnadu:Â 5%
- Vellalar, Mudaliyar, Chettiyar population in Tamilnadu – 5%
- Tamil Brahmin, Iyar population in Tamilnadu – 2.5%
- Dalit (SC,ST) population in Tamilnadu – 20%
- Other Backward Classes (OBCs) population in Tamilnadu –  68%
- Total Scheduled tribes (ST)Â population in Tamilnadu – 1.10%
- Total Hindus population in Tamilnadu – 63,188,168
- Christians population in Tamilnadu – (4,418,331) 6.5%
- Muslims population in Tamilnadu – (4,229,479) 6%
- Tamil Jains population in Tamilnadu – (83,359) 0.13%
- Buddhism population in Tamilnadu – 11,186
- Sikhism population in Tamilnadu – 14,601
- Other minor castes population in Tamilnadu – 0.5%
2001 Tamil Nadu Scheduled Castes Census
- Tamil Nadu total population was 62,405,679
- Scheduled Castes (SCs) = 11,857,504 (19 per cent)
- There are Seventy-six (76) different caste within SC such as Adi Dravida, Pallar, Paraiyar, Chakkiliyar, Arunthathiyar, Kavara, Kootan, Kakkalan, Thandan, Paravan, Panan, Mannan,Ayyanavar, Bharatar, Pathiyan, Vannan, Padannan, Vetan, Vettuvan…)
- Adi Dravidar are the largest SC population of 5,402,755 making 45.6% of total TN SC population.
- Pallar population was 2,272,265 (19.2% of the total TN SC population)
- Paraiyar population was 1,860,519 (15.7% of the total TN SC population)
- Chakkiliyar population was 777,139 (6.6% of the total TN SC population) and
- Arunthathiyar population was 771,659 (6.5% of the total TN SC population)
Tamil Nadu Caste List
- Adaviyar
- Adi Dravida
- Agamudayar
- Anuppan
- Arunattu Vellalar
- Arunthathiyar
- Aruviyur Nagarathar
- Arya Vaishya
- Ashtasahasram
- Badagas
- Balija
- Bhuiya
- Boom Boom Mattukaran
- Brahacharanam
- Chettiar
- Chozhia Vellalar
- Desigar
- Desikar
- Devanga
- Dhobi
- Dhor
- Domba
- Elur Chetty
- Giruka
- Gounder
- Holiya caste
- Iluvar
- Irula people
- Iyengar
- Iyer
- Kallar caste
- Kamma caste
- Kapu caste
- Karaiyar
- Karkarthar
- Karuneegar
- Kayalar Muslim
- Konar caste
- Kongu Vellalar
- Koravar
- Kota people India
- Kuravar
- Kuruba
- Kurumba Gounder
- Labbay
- Marakkar
- Mazhavaraayas
- Mudaliar
- Mudugar
- Mukkulathor
- Mukkuvar
- Muthuraja
- Nadar caste
- Nagarathar
- Nai caste
- Narikurava
- Nattukottai Nagarathar
- Paliyan
- Paraiyar
- Paravar
- Pathans of Tamil Nadu
- Pattariyar
- Piramalai Kallar
- Podakkudi
- Pulayar
- Rajakambalam Nayakar
- Reddiar
- Reddy
- Rowther
- Saiva Vellalar
- Saliya
- Sambuvaraya
- Saurashtra language
- Saurashtra people
- Senaithalaivar
- Sengunthar
- Tamil Brahmin
- Tamil Jain
- Tamil Muslim
- Thanjavur Marathi people
- Thigala
- Thondaimandala Mudaliar
- Thuluva Vellalar
- Toda people
- Twenty four Manai Telugu Chettiars
- Udayar caste
- Uppara
- Urali Gounder
- Vadama
- Vaddera
- Vadde raju
- Valangai
- Vallanattu Nagarathar
- Valluvar caste
- Vannar
- Vanniyar
- Vathima
- Veerakodi Vellalar
- Velama caste
- Vettuvar
Tamil Nadu Future Population Projection
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2011 – 72,147,030 (7.21 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2012 – 73,447,335 (7.34 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2013 – 74,744,601 (7.47 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2014 – 76,038,376 (7.60 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2015 – 77,328,222 (7.73 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2016 – 78,613,713 (7.86 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2017 – 79,894,437 (7.99 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2018 – 81,169,994 (8.12 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in 2019 – 82,439,997 (8.24 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in =”2023 – 83,739,997 (8.37 Crore)
- Tamil Nadu Population in =”2023 – 85,039,997 (8.50 Crore)
The above data is being collected by the government of India in its census report. The data will change every year.
The caste wise population as per current version not available i want to know which cast having most population percentage in current kindly send me reply.