Head to head
Chennai vs Tiruvottiyūr
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chennai is the larger of the two, with 4,681,087 people to 249,446 in Tiruvottiyūr. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chennai is the larger of the two, with 4,681,087 people to 249,446 in Tiruvottiyūr. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chennai nor Tiruvottiyūr has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
India| Metric | Chennai | Tiruvottiyūr |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,681,087 | 249,446 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 6th largest | 203rd largest |
| Country | India | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:18 AM · UTC+05:30 | 7:18 AM · UTC+05:30 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
8 km apartChennai and Tiruvottiyūr are 8 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in India. Tiruvottiyūr keeps time the same time as Chennai.
Chennai has 4,431,641 more people — 18.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chennai or Tiruvottiyūr?
- Chennai is the larger city by population, with 4,681,087 people to 249,446 in Tiruvottiyūr — a difference of 4,431,641. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chennai and Tiruvottiyūr?
- 8 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in India. Tiruvottiyūr keeps time the same time as Chennai.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chennai or Tiruvottiyūr?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chennai is the larger of the two, with 4,681,087 people to 249,446 in Tiruvottiyūr. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Chennai and Tiruvottiyūr both currently sit at $0.
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