Tiruvarur district

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Thiruvarur district
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Location in Tamil Nadu
Tiruvarur district
Tiruvarur district
Coordinates: 10°46′17.76″N79°38′12.48″E / 10.7716000°N 79.6368000°E / 10.7716000; 79.6368000
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State TamilNadu Logo.svg Tamil Nadu
Municipal CorporationsThiruvarur, Mannargudi, Tiruthuraipoondi, Koothanallur
Headquarters Thiruvarur
Talukas Kudavasal, Mannargudi, Nannilam, Needamangalam, Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur, Valangaiman, Koothanallur. Muthupettai
Government
  CollectorCharusri I.A.S
Population
 (2011)
  Total
1,264,277
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
610xxx
Telephone code04366,04367
Vehicle registration TN-50(6 Taluks),TN-68(Valangaiman Taluk)"" TN-49""(Mutupetai Taluk)""
Website tiruvarur.nic.in

Thiruvarur district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males.

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Geography

The district occupies an area of 2,161 km2. The district is bounded by Nagapattinam district on the east, Mayiladuthurai district on the north, Thanjavur District on the west, Palk Strait on the south and a small border on the northeast with the Karaikal district of the union territory Puducherry.[ citation needed ]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901515,656    
1911543,671+0.53%
1921532,715−0.20%
1931547,925+0.28%
1941588,632+0.72%
1951682,392+1.49%
1961745,666+0.89%
1971869,636+1.55%
1981980,972+1.21%
19911,100,096+1.15%
20011,169,474+0.61%
20111,264,277+0.78%
source: [1]
Religions in Tiruvarur district (2011) [2]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
89.60%
Islam
7.60%
Christianity
2.63%
Other or not stated
0.17%

According to 2011 census, Thiruvarur district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 20.39% of the population lived in urban areas. [3] A total of 121,973 were under the age of six, constituting 62,280 males and 59,693 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 34.08% and 0.24% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 74.86%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. [3] The district had a total of 327,219 households. There were a total of 540,168 workers, comprising 60,508 cultivators, 200,126 main agricultural labourers, 7,264 in house hold industries, 144,527 other workers, 127,743 marginal workers, 9,375 marginal cultivators, 95,062 marginal agricultural labourers, 3,176 marginal workers in household industries and 20,130 other marginal workers. [4]

Tamil is the predominant language spoken by 99.40% of the population. [5]

History

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Thiruvarur temple car

The Thiruvarur district, along with the Nagapattinam district was part of the Thanjavur District before 1991. After that, the present Taluks of Thiruvarur district and Nagapattinam district were separated from the Thanjavur District, and formed the Nagapattinam district. The present Thiruvarur district was formed in 1997 by bifurcating the then Nagapattinam District and joined valangaiman taluk of thanjavur district. [6] [7] Major towns are:

Politics

Source: [8] [9]
DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyAllianceRemarks
Tiruvarur 166 Thiruthuraipoondi (SC) K. Marimuthu Communist Party of India SPA
167 Mannargudi Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SPA
168 Thiruvarur K. Poondi Kalaivanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SPA
169 Nannilam R. Kamaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam None

Administration

Thiruvarur district is made up of Eight taluks:


Villages

Religion

See also

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The Pamaniyar or Pamani River is a non-perennial river in the Tiruvarur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The river is part of the Kaveri delta, and is in the southern part of that system. The Pamaniyar originates as a distributary of the Vennaaru River, which it branches off from at a dam northwest of Needamangalam in Needamangalam taluk. It flows south from this point into Mannargudi taluk, passing to the east of Mannargudi and Asesham. It continues to flow south, where its course is parallel to State Highway 202 for some distance. After it is joined on its right bank by the Kannanar River, its largest tributary, it flows southeast into Thiruthiraipoondi taluk. It then passes to the west of Muthupet before emptying into Muthupet Lagoon.

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Munnavalkottai is a village in the Needamangalam taluk of Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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