| Kugalur | |
|---|---|
| Town Panchayat | |
  Kugalur Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 11°29′38″N77°30′17″E / 11.49389°N 77.50472°E Coordinates: 11°29′38″N77°30′17″E / 11.49389°N 77.50472°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Erode |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 11,682 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Kugalur is a panchayat town in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Erode District is a district in the Kongu Nadu region of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was the largest district by area in the state before the formation of Tirupur District. The headquarters of the district is Erode. It is divided into two revenue divisions, Erode and Gobichettipalayam, and is further subdivided into 10 taluks. Periyar district was a part of Coimbatore District before its division into two on September 17, 1979 and was renamed as Erode District in 1996.It is consider to be a largest city by area in Tamil Nadu covering above 8000 sq.km. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,251,744 with a sex-ratio of 993 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Tamil Nadu is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
