Namakkal
| Namakkal நாமக்கல் |
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| State : | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District : | Namakkal | ||
| Sub-district : | Namakkal | ||
| Location : | 11 ° 14 ′ N , 78 ° 10 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 200 m | ||
| Residents : | 55,145 (2011) | ||
Namakkal ( Tamil : நாமக்கல் Nāmakkal [ ˈnaːməkːʌl ]) is a city with around 55,000 inhabitants in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
location
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Namakkal is located west of the Kolli Hills in the central inland of Tamil Nadu, approx. 400 km (driving distance) southwest of the capital Chennai . The next larger cities are Salem (approx. 50 km north) and Karur (approx. 40 km southwest). The national highway NH 7 runs through Namakkal and is India's longest highway connecting Varanasi with Kanyakumari . With the construction of a railway line from Salem to Karur, which opened in 2013, Namakkal was also connected to the Indian railway network.
population
Approx. 89% of Namakkal's residents are Hindus , 9% are Muslims and 1.5% are Christians . The main language, as in all of Tamil Nadu, is Tamil, which is spoken by 82% of the population as their mother tongue. 8% each speak Telugu and Urdu and 1% Saurashtri .
economy
Namakkal is the mercantile, craft and school center of an agrarian environment. There are several chicken farms in the area; there is also a company for the production of trucks.
history
Namakkal was under the influence of two medieval dynasties that ruled southern India for centuries - the Pallavas and the Pandyas ; later came the Cholas , Hoysalas and the Vijayanagar empire (until 1565). In the 17th century, the Sultanate of Bijapur and the Golkonda-Mysore rulers occupied power in the region. In the 18th century the area belonged to the sphere of influence of Hyder Ali , Tipu Sultan and then the British. To what extent the remote place was able to develop under the various rulers or was even inhibited in its development is unclear due to a lack of preserved records.
Attractions
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Namakkal lies at the foot of the 65 m high Namagiri rock; There is a temple in honor of the goddess Namagiri Amman and one in honor of the monkey god Hanuman ( Anjaneyar Temple ) with an approximately 5.5 m high statue of the god. The summit is crowned by a fortress believed to have been built in the early 17th century by Ramachandra Nayaka , a governor of the nayaks of Madurai .
literature
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Namakkal - Census 2011
- ↑ Namakkal - Census 2011
- ↑ Census of India 2001: C-16 City: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .