Krishnagiri may refer to:
Bargur is a selection-grade town panchayat in the Krishnagiri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, that serves as the headquarters of Bargur taluk, one of the seven taluks in Krishnagiri district.
Kaveripattinam is a town in Krishnagiri district in the northern part of Tamil Nadu.It is a revenue block in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 36 panchayat villages. It lies on the bank of the river Then Pennai and it has a green and cool climate. It is located on NH-7. It is 100 km from Bangalore, 30 km from Dharmapuri, 10 km from Krishnagiri. The town is very green because of the KRP Dam nearby and rich in water resources. Kaveripattanam is famous for its cultivation of mangoes. There are a lot of mango pulp industries, milk processing units, and small-scale industries. This town famous for milk and palkova. The journal and book publisher REST Publisher also registered in Kaveripattanam. Kaveripattinam is a special place for nippet manufacture. It has number of match industries.
Uthangarai is a Taluk, Town Panchayat in Krishnagiri district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Uthangarai state Legislative assembly is a part of krishnagiri loksabha constituency.Uthangarai Town Panchayat is constituted during the year of 1970. The Town is coming under the administrative territory of Krishnagiri District. The Town extends over an area of 17.04 sq.km. The Town is situated along 12 KM North South of Hanumantheertham and lies on the Uthangarai – Harur Road. It is a Pilgrim Place in ancient epic and tourist centre. The population of the town as per 2011 census is 18470.
E. G. Sugavanam was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. He represented the Krishnagiri constituency of Tamil Nadu as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party member. He defeated Jayalalithaa in the 1996 State Assembly election in Bargur constituency. He contested and lost the 1989, 1991 and 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same constituency. He won twice during the 2004 and 2009 Indian general elections from the Krishnagiri constituency. He was a member of various committees during the United Progressive Alliance coalition rule from 2004 to 2014.
Krishnagiri is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and it serves as the administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District formed in 2004. It is located at the bottom of Syed Basha Hills, and the city is fully surrounded by hill rocks. It is located 250 km from Chennai, 45 km from Dharmapuri, and 90 km from Banglore. Krishnagiri is known as "Mango Capital of India" as mangoes are cultivated as the main crop, and the land here is extremely fertile with rich access to fresh water making it amenable to growing crops. Krishnagiri is a rapidly growing city and is the site of significant business and residential development. The Krishnagiri Dam was built in 1967. Krishnagiri is currently undergoing expansion and a variety of small-scale industry zones are being set up. As of 2011, the city had a population of 199,657.
Munisamy Thambidurai is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989.
Bargur is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises portions of the Krishnagiri and Pochampalli taluks and is a part of Krishnagiri constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.
Hosur is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of a portion of Hosur taluk. It forms a part of Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.
Kaveripattinam is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.
Krishnagiri is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of the similarly-named constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. This constituency is delimited in the year 2008.
Thalli is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises a portion of Denkanikottai taluk and is a part of Krishnagiri constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.
Kanchana Kamalanathan is an Indian politician. She was born in Krishnagiri. She is the leader of women wing in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in Tamil Nadu. She was elected to Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1989 and 1996 from Krishnagiri constituency. She is the wife of M. Kamalanathan who was also a politician and member of parliament from Krishnagiri constituency. She is also a graduated doctor.
Dr. A. Chellakumar is an Indian politician and Member of parliament. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Anna Nagar constituency in the 1991 election and as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (TMC) candidate from T. Nagar constituency in the 1996 election. He was unsuccessful in winning the Villivakkam constituency in 2001. and in the 2011 election he attempted once again to gain the T. Nagar seat. His candidacy in 2001 was as a TMC member and in 2011 it was for the INC. He was runner-up on both occasions.
K. Gopinath is an Indian politician and was elected in 2011 as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Hosur constituency. As a candidate of Indian National Congress, he was previously elected to the Assembly from the Hosur constituency in the 2001 and 2006 elections.
K.P. Munusamy is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Krishnagiri Constituency. Munusamy completed his Bachelor of Arts from Govt. Arts College, Krishnagiri during 1971-1974 and later graduated Bachelor of Law from Government Law College, Chennai. Since 2011, he has been Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development in the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Uthangarai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007 The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion. Located in Krishnagiri district, it consists of Uthangarai taluk and a portion of Pochampalli taluk. It is included in the Krishnagiri parliamentary constituency.
Veppanahalli is a state assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. Located in Krishnagiri district, it comprises portions of the Hosur, Denkanikottai, and Krishnagiri taluks. The constituency is part of Krishnagiri parliamentary constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.
Manoranjitham Nagaraj is an Indian politician, was a chairman of Krishnagiri and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Uthangarai constituency. She represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. She was re-elected in the elections of 2016.
T. Senguttuvan is an Indian politician who is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. As a candidate of that party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from the Krishnagiri constituency in the 2006 elections.But lost his mla post in 2011 in the same constituency. He was re-elected at the next election, in 2011, from the Veppanahalli constituency and again in the 2016 elections when he returned to the Krishnagiri seat.
Sathanur may refer to several places in India: