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Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu · India
City population
1,022,518
#54
in India
#6
in Tamil Nadu
#536
worldwide
New DelhiTiruchirappalli
10.816, 78.697 · 1,986 km from New Delhi
City population
1,022,518
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#54
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#536
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.1%
of the national population

About Tiruchirappalli

The city is ringed by smaller settlements within 10 km: Pāppākurichchi and Ellakkudi both at 6 km distance, Bhikshāndārkovil and Tiruverumbūr at 8 km, and Mannachanallur at 10 km. The city proper has a population of 1,022,518, making it the 54th largest city in India and the 6th largest in Tamil Nadu, 1,986 km from New Delhi.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in India
#54of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Tamil Nadu
#6of 488
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Tamil Nadu
Rank in region
#6of 488
Distance to capital
1,986 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
79 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
10.816, 78.697
Record updated
2024-01-06
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 3,732 in India

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

15KMLalgudi24K people16KMTuvāgudi39K people18KMNangavaram18K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Tiruchirappalli1.02M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Tiruchirappalli compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Tiruchirappalli1.02M

Tiruchirappalli Population FAQ

What is the population of Tiruchirappalli?

Tiruchirappalli has a city population of 1,022,518. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Tiruchirappalli?

Tiruchirappalli is in Tamil Nadu, India, 1,986 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 10.816, 78.697.

How big is Tiruchirappalli compared with other cities in India?

It is the 54th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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