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Dindigul District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Dindigul District is the second largest district in Tamil Nadu by area after Thiruvannamalai District. The district was carved out of Madurai District in 1985. It has an area of 6266.64 km2 and comprises 3 revenue divisions, 10 taluks, and 14 panchayat unions. The district is bound by Tiruppur district in the northwest, Karur district in the northeast, Tiruchirapalli district in the east, Madurai and Theni districts in the south, and Idukki district of Kerala to the west. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,159,775 with a sex-ratio of 998 females for every 1,000 males.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Dindigul.

Dindigul district
District of Tamil Nadu
A valley in the Palani Hills near Kodaikanal
Dindigul district
Location in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 10°21′14.4″N 77°59′6″E
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
Municipal CorporationsDindigul
Founded byM. G. Ramachandran
HeadquartersDindigul
TaluksAthoor,
Dindigul East,
Dindigul West,
Gujiliamparai,
Kodaikanal,
Natham,
Nilakkottai,
Oddanchatram,
Palani,
Vedasandur
Government
 • District CollectorVisakan, IAS[1]
 • Superintendent of PoliceV. R. Srinivasn, IPS[2]
Area
 • Total6,266 km2 (2,419 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,159,775
 • Density340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
624xxx
Telephone code0451
ISO 3166 codeISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registrationTN-57,94[3]
Largest cityDindigul
Central location:10°21′N 77°59′E
Websitedindigul.nic.in

Economy


In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Dindigul one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[4] It is one of the six districts in Tamil Nadu currently receiving funds from Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4]


Demographics


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901714,098—    
1911780,440+0.89%
1921813,581+0.42%
1931859,809+0.55%
1941974,794+1.26%
19511,083,964+1.07%
19611,178,363+0.84%
19711,398,023+1.72%
19811,564,448+1.13%
19911,760,601+1.19%
20011,923,014+0.89%
20112,159,775+1.17%
source:[5]

According to 2011 census, Dindigul district had a population of 2,159,775 with a sex-ratio of 998 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.[6] A total of 216,576 were under the age of six, constituting 111,955 males and 104,621 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 20.95% and 0.37% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the district was 68.61%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[6] The district had a total of 560,773 households. There were a total of 1,105,155 workers, comprising 155,332 cultivators, 388,725 main agricultural labourers, 25,253 in house hold industries, 393,707 other workers, 142,138 marginal workers, 10,073 marginal cultivators, 79,234 marginal agricultural labourers, 5,576 marginal workers in household industries and 47,255 other marginal workers.[7]


Politics


This section is transcluded from 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly. (edit | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
Dindigul district 127 Palani I. P. Senthil Kumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
128 Oddanchatram R. Sakkarapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
129 Athoor I. Periyasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
130 Nilakottai (SC) S. Thenmozhi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
131 Natham Natham R. Viswanathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
132 Dindigul Dindigul C. Sreenivaasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
133 Vedasandur S. Gandhirajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA

Places of interest



See also



References


  1. District Collector
  2. Superintendent of Police
  3. www.tn.gov.in
  4. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  6. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  7. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Dindigul district". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.


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На других языках

[de] Dindigul (Distrikt)

Der Distrikt Dindigul (Tamil: திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்டம்) ist ein Distrikt des indischen Bundesstaates Tamil Nadu. Verwaltungszentrum ist die namensgebende Stadt Dindigul. Der Distrikt Dindigul hat eine Fläche von 6.036 Quadratkilometern und rund 2,2 Millionen Einwohner (Volkszählung 2011).
- [en] Dindigul district

[ru] Диндуккал (округ)

Диндуккал (Диндигал; англ. Dindigul, там. திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்டம் Tiṇṭukkal [ˈt̪iɳɖɯkːʌl]) — округ в индийском штате Тамилнад. Образован в 1985 году из части территории округа Мадурай. Административный центр — город Диндуккал. Площадь округа — 6058 км². По данным всеиндийской переписи 2001 года население округа составляло 1 923 014 человек. Уровень грамотности взрослого населения составлял 69,3 %, что выше среднеиндийского уровня (59,5 %). Доля городского населения составляла 35 %.


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