General Information of Marine Fisherfolk Census – Year 2010 (State Profile)

Sl.No.

District

Coastal Length (in Kms)

Coastal length in percentage

Marine Fishing Villages( in 2000)

Marine Fishing Villages( in 2010)

Marine fishing village in percentage

Population in  percentage

Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 males)

Literates in percentage

Density of the Population per km

Family Size

1

Thiruvallur

27.9

2.59

58

77

12.66

7.05

979.15

91.28

1989.86

3.65

2

Chennai

19

1.77

44

44

7.24

7.85

964.51

84.86

3254.58

4.19

3

Kancheepuram

87.2

8.10

44

44

7.24

3.78

984.46

85.75

341.11

3.76

4

Villupuram

40.7

3.78

19

19

3.13

1.86

986.28

82.65

359.34

4.20

5

Cuddalore

57.5

5.34

49

49

8.06

5.93

969.98

82.64

812.49

3.90

6

Nagapattinam

187.9

17.46

51

53

8.72

11.98

964.77

84.65

502.20

3.97

7

Tiruvarur

47.2

4.39

13

13

2.14

1.45

920.03

87.92

660.23

4.36

8

Thanjavur

45.1

4.19

27

27

4.44

3.96

958.09

85.83

253.75

3.93

9

Pudukottai

42.8

3.98

32

32

5.26

3.93

939.83

81.42

723.90

4.60

10

Ramanathapuram

236.8

22.01

184

180

29.61

21.82

939.66

88.30

725.99

4.43

11

Thoothukudi

163.5

15.20

21

21

3.45

9.39

953.11

93.92

452.24

4.17

12

Thirunelveli

48.9

4.54

7

7

1.15

2.81

933.05

98.33

452.27

4.15

13

Kanniyakumari

71.5

6.64

42

42

6.91

18.20

951.63

94.66

2005.43

4.12

Total

1076

100

591

608

100

100

957.28

88.69

732.11

4.13