Editing Thiruvananthapuram (section)

== Demographics ==
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|title=Religion in Thiruvananthapuram City (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Population by Religious Community |publisher=Census of India |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html |access-date=28 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913045700/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html |archive-date=13 September 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|68.51}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|dodgerblue|16.79}}
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<small>Others include [[Sikhism]], [[Buddhism]] & Other religions (0.06%)</small>
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According to provisional results of the 2011 national census, the Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram, which occupies an area of {{cvt|214|sqkm|sqmi}}, had a population of 957,730.<ref name="citygi" /> The city's population density was {{cvt|4454|/sqkm|/sqmi}}.<ref name="citygi" /> The Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,687,406 in 2011.<ref name="UApop"/> The sex ratio is 1,040 females for every 1,000 males, which is higher than the national average.<ref name="citygi"/> Thiruvananthapuram's literacy rate of 93.72%<ref name="Citycenpop">{{cite web |title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> exceeds the all-India average of 74%.<ref name="censusindliter">{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in |title=Population census 2011 |publisher=Census of India 2011, Government of India |access-date=6 December 2011}}</ref>

It is a historical city where [[Malayalis|Malayali]] form the vast majority of Thiruvananthapuram's population. There are also minorities like the [[Tamil people|Tamils]] and North Indians residing here. According to the 2011 census, 68.5% of the population is [[Hinduism|Hindu]], 16.7% [[Christianity|Christians]] and 13.7% [[Islam|Muslims]].<ref name="CityCensus">{{cite web |title=Thiruvananthapuram City Census 2011 data |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/462-thiruvananthapuram.html |website=Census2011 |access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> The remainder of the community includes [[Jainism|Jains]], [[Jews]], [[Sikh]]s, [[Buddhist]]s and other religions which account for 0.06% of the population; 0.85% did not state a belief in the [[census]].<ref name="CityCensus" />

[[Malayalam]], the official state language, is the dominant language in Thiruvananthapuram City:<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-10 |title=Govt sets deadline for switch to Malayalam |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/government-sets-deadline-for-switch-to-malayalam-thiruvananthapuram/articleshow/105871691.cms |access-date=2025-03-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> English is also used, mainly by the white-collar workforce. [[Tamil language|Tamil]] has the most speakers after [[Malayalam]]. The city also has a few [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Konkani language|Kannada, Konkani]], [[Maldivian language|Dhivehi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and Hindi speakers. As per the 2001 census, the population below the [[Below Poverty Line (India)|poverty line]] in the city was 11,667.<ref name="Urban poor in Thiruvananthapuram">{{Cite report |url=http://jnnurm.nic.in/nurmudweb/toolkit/Trivanthapuram/5PartCD.pdf |title=Study of urban poor in TMC area |work=JNNURM |access-date=9 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127220331/http://jnnurm.nic.in/nurmudweb/toolkit/Trivanthapuram/5PartCD.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Thiruvananthapuram has witnessed massive immigration of workers from northern India, mainly [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], and [[Madhya Pradesh]], and Eastern India, mainly [[West Bengal]] and [[Bihar]], and from neighbouring countries like [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Maldives]], [[Nepal]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Migrants assured of safety |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/collector-assures-migrants-of-camaraderie/article19840707.ece |access-date=5 December 2017 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=11 October 2017}}</ref>