Tamil population by cities

This is a list of Tamil population per city (excluding Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry).Some cities in Sri Lanka also includes Sri Lankan Moors population because most of them have Tamil as their mother tongue.In Singapore the number also includes ethnic Tamils who don't speak Tamil at home

CityCountryNumbersPercentYearNotesRefs Mysore 137,452 4.58% 2011 census Ballari 8,309 1.74% 2011 census Tirupati 10,041 3.40% 2011 census Bangalore 2,379,697 16.34% 2011 census Thiruvananthapuram 38,813 1.18% 2011 census Hyderabad 74,910 1.1% 2011 census Anuradhapura 4,720 9.33% 2012 census Kandy 38,086 24.01% 2012 census Kolonnawa 19,881 30.64% 2012 census Negombo 32,860 23.19% 2012 census Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 13,511 12.57% 2012 census Moratuwa 7,260 4.1% 2012 census Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 49,839 27.24% 2012 census Durban 378,000 11.3% London 200,000 2.35% Toronto 200,000 7.52% Singapore 198,449 4.91% 2020 census Colombo 457,820 60.8% 2012 census Penang 166,000 10.0% Kuala Lumpur 142,300 10.3% Paris 100,000 1.00% Jaffna 80,743 98.43% 2004 census Batticaloa 516,144 98.30% 2012 census Ipoh 73,220 11.3% Medan 40,000 1.67% Vavuniya 35,605 93.45% 2012 census Mannar 21,597 88.45% 2012 census Thaton 15,000 12% Montreal 10,000 0.82% Sungai Siput 9,500 20.1% Kuala Selangor 8,500 20.3% Oslo 7,200 1.29% Bagan Datoh 6,950 20.2% Palermo 4,500 0.60%

See also List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language Tamil population by nation States of India by Tamil speakers

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