<sod>At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 72,147,030. A total of 14,438,445 people constituting 20.01 per cent of the total population belonged to [[Scheduled Castes]] (SC) and 794,697 people constituting 1.10 per cent of the population belonged to [[Scheduled tribes]] (ST).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/hlo/pca/pca_pdf/PCA-CRC-0000.pdf|title=SC/ST population in Tamilnadu 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Half-of-Indias-dalit-population-lives-in-4-states/articleshow/19827757.cms|title=Half of India's Dalit population lives in India's 4 states- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Nadu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dalit-consolidation-in-state-a-far-cry/article7898316.ece|title=Dalit consolidation in state|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=24 March 2016</ref> [[Other Backward Classes]](OBCs) form 68% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-10/news/69653751_1_m-karunanidhi-dravidian-thevars|title=OBC community in focus before Tamil Nadu assembly polls}}</ref> As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% [[Hindus]], 5.9% [[Muslims]], 6.1% [[Christians]], 0.1% [[Jainism|Jains]] and 0.3% following other religions or no religion.<ref name=religion2011>{{cite web|title=Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu|year=2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|format=XLS|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref><eod>
<sod>At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 72,147,030. A total of 14,438,445 people constituting 20.01 per cent of the total population belonged to [[Scheduled Castes]] (SC) and 794,697 people constituting 1.10 per cent of the population belonged to [[Scheduled tribes]] (ST).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/hlo/pca/pca_pdf/PCA-CRC-0000.pdf|title=SC/ST population in Tamilnadu 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Half-of-Indias-dalit-population-lives-in-4-states/articleshow/19827757.cms|title=Half of India's Dalit population lives in India's 4 states- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Nadu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dalit-consolidation-in-state-a-far-cry/article7898316.ece|title=Dalit consolidation in state|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> [[Other Backward Classes]](OBCs) form 68% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-10/news/69653751_1_m-karunanidhi-dravidian-thevars|title=OBC community in focus before Tamil Nadu assembly polls}}</ref> As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% [[Hindus]], 5.9% [[Muslims]], 6.1% [[Christians]], 0.1% [[Jainism|Jains]] and 0.3% following other religions or no religion.<ref name=religion2011>{{cite web|title=Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu|year=2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|format=XLS|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref><eod>