Development data · Lok Sabha

VIRUDHUNAGAR as contested in 2024

This seat spans 2 districts. Figures below are for Virudhunagar, its primary district only.

Figures are for Virudhunagar district (Census 2011 boundaries) — this seat's main district — not for the constituency itself. No agency publishes these for constituencies.

Census 2011NFHS-5, 2019–21

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,42,288
Density
458 / km²
Sex ratio
1007 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,241 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

Figures are for Virudhunagar, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Other 6.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.9%
Electricity93.7%
Sanitation30.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.2%
Children underweight (under 5)23.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%
Women literate84.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.5%
Clean cooking fuel90.5%
Health insurance51.3%

What's nearby?

6 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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🏺Gauze Cloth🏺Sivakasi Crackers
Cavern with Panchapandava beds on western slope of the hills and similar beds behind the Sikkandar…

Cavern with Panchapandava beds on western slope of the hills and similar beds behind the Sikkandar…

🏛️MonumentASI

Cavern with Panchapandava beds on western slope of the hills and similar beds behind the Sikkandar mosque on the top

Rock cut Jain bas-relief and beds and a mutilated Jain stone image

Rock cut Jain bas-relief and beds and a mutilated Jain stone image

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock cut Jain bas-relief and beds and a mutilated Jain stone image

Rock cut bas-relief of Jain images with inscriptions in Vatteluthu in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai

Rock cut bas-relief of Jain images with inscriptions in Vatteluthu in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock cut bas-relief of Jain images with inscriptions in Vatteluthu in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai

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Rock cut beds under natural rock shelter in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock cut beds under natural rock shelter in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.