Madurai district

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Madurai district
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Clockwise from top-left: Meenakshi Amman Temple, Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, Alagar Koyil, Kutladampatti Falls, Jain carvings at Yanamalai Hills
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Location in Tamil Nadu
Madurai district
Madurai district
Coordinates: 09°50′N077°50′E / 9.833°N 77.833°E / 9.833; 77.833 [1]
Country Flag of India.svg  India
State TamilNadu Logo.svg Tamil Nadu
Municipal Corporations Madurai
Headquarters Madurai
Taluks Madurai North, Madurai South, Madurai East, Madurai West, Melur, Peraiyur, Tirumangalam, Thiruparankundram, Usilampatti, Vadipatti, Kalligudi
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyMadurai District Collectorate
 •  District Collector M. S. Sangeetha, I.A.S.
 •  Superintendent of Police Dongare Pravin Umesh, I.P.S.
Area
 • Total
3,710 km2 (1,430 sq mi)
 • Rank16
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,038,252
 • Rank4
 • Density812/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Tamil and English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
625xxx
Telephone code0452
Vehicle registration TN-58, TN-59, TN-64 [2]
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
Largest city Madurai
Sex ratio ♂-50.5% / ♀-49.5%
Literacy81.5%
Lok Sabha constituency1
Assembly constituency 10
Website www.madurai.tn.nic.in

Madurai district is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India. [1] [3] The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai. Thiruparankundram is one of the major tourist place in the district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,038,252 with a sex-ratio of 990 females for every 1,000 males. Aside from the city of Madurai, the larger towns are Melur, Vadipatti, Thirumangalam, Thirupparankundram, Peraiyur, and Usilampatti. [4]

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History

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The Jallikattu at Alanganallur

The main kingdoms which ruled Madurai are the Pandyas and the Nayaks. [5]

Geography

The district is bounded by Theni in the west, Sivaganga in the east, Dindigul in the north, Virudhunagar in the south and small parts of Tiruchirappalli in the northeast.

Climate

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The climate has extremes. There are three distinct periods of rainfall:

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901666,940—    
1911769,360+1.44%
1921800,795+0.40%
1931896,876+1.14%
19411,014,602+1.24%
19511,223,574+1.89%
19611,378,734+1.20%
19711,730,109+2.30%
19812,042,704+1.67%
19912,400,339+1.63%
20012,578,201+0.72%
20113,038,252+1.66%
source: [6]
Religions in Madurai district (2011) [7]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
90.86%
Islam
 
5.56%
Christianity
 
3.22%
Other or not stated
 
0.36%

According to 2011 census, Madurai district had a population of 3,038,252, [8] up from 2,578,201 in the 2001 census, [4] for a growth rate of 17.95%. It had a sex-ratio of 990 females for every 1,000 males, up from 978 in 2001, [4] and much above the national average of 929. [8] A total of 313,978 were under the age of six, constituting 162,517 males and 151,461 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 13.46% and 0.37% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the district was 74.83%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. 60.78% of the population lives in urban areas. [8]

The district had a total of 794,887 households. There were a total of 1,354,632 workers, comprising 81,352 cultivators, 287,731 main agricultural labourers, 39,753 in house hold industries, 765,066 other workers, 180,730 marginal workers, 11,367 marginal cultivators, 85,097 marginal agricultural labourers, 7,540 marginal workers in household industries and 76,726 other marginal workers. [8]

Languages of Madurai district (2011) [9]

   Tamil (92.56%)
   Saurashtra (3.20%)
   Telugu (2.58%)
  Others (1.66%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 92.56% of the population spoke Tamil, 3.20% Saurashtra and 2.58% Telugu as their first language. [9]

Politics

Source: [10] [11]
DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyAllianceRemarks
Madurai 188 Melur P. Selvam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam None
189 Madurai East P. Moorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SPA
190 Sholavandan (SC) A. Venkatesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SPA
191 Madurai North G. Thalapathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SPA
192 Madurai South M. Boominathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) SPA
193 Madurai Central Palanivel Thiagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SPA
194 Madurai West Sellur K. Raju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam None
195 Thiruparankundram V. V. Rajan Chellappa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam None
196 Tirumangalam R. B. Udhayakumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam None Deputy Leader of Opposition
197 Usilampatti P. Ayyappan ADMKTUMK NDA

Madurai district contains the entirety of Madurai Lok Sabha constituency, and parts of Theni and Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituencies.

Divisions

Madurai district comprises 13 talukas and revenue blocks, same names same boundaries. Under the gram panchayat system rural administration or the district is done by panchayat villages and the taluka headquarters. The revenue blocks are further sub-divided by firkas. The three taluks, Tiruparankundram, Madurai West and Madurai East, were created in February 2014. [12] The thirteen talukas/blocks are: [13] [14] [15]

2001 census

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Village house in Melur

In the 2001 census, Madurai district had only seven talukas: Madurai North, Madurai South, Melur, Peraiyur, Thirumangalam, Vadipatti, and Usilampatti. [16]

Tourist attractions

Localities

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