Karur (District)

Karur ; District கரூர் மாவட்டம்
State	Tamil Nadu
Administrative headquarters :	Karur
Area :	2,904 km²
Residents :	1,064,493 (2011)
Population density :	367 inhabitants / km²
Website :	karur.tn.nic.in

The Karur District ( Tamil : கரூர் மாவட்டம் ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Karur . The Karur district has an area of 2,904 square kilometers and around 1.1 million inhabitants (2011 census).

geography

The dried up river bed of the Amravathi during the dry season

The Karur district is located in inland Tamil Nadu and belongs to the Kongu Nadu region , which includes the north-western parts of the state. Neighboring districts are Namakkal in the north, Tiruchirappalli in the east, Dindigul in the south, Tiruppur in the west and Erode in the northwest.

The Karur District has an area of 2,904 square kilometers. In the north, the Kaveri , the largest river in Tamil Nadu, forms the border of the district. The periodically water-bearing Amaravathi River flows through the district from west to east and flows downstream from Karur into the Kaveri. The terrain is mostly flat.

The Karur district has a hot, semi-arid climate . The annual mean temperature in Karur is 28.7 ° C, the annual mean precipitation is 595 mm. Due to its location in inland Tamil Nadu, the Karur district receives relatively little rainfall during the northeast monsoon ; at the same time, the Western Ghats scold him against the southwest monsoon. Hence, the climate is drier than most other parts of Tamil Nadu. Most of the rainfall occurs during the northeast monsoon in October and November.

history

In the first centuries AD, the area of today's Karur district was ruled by the early Chera dynasty. The Chera capital, Vanchi, may be identical to today's Karur. After the decline of the early Chera in the 3rd or 4th century, the area was ruled by the Pandya , Pallava and Chola and later by Vijayanagar and the Nayaks . In the 18th century the area came under the control of Tipu Sultan , king of Mysore . In the Second Mysore War , the British captured Karur in 1783 and made it part of British India .

The area of today's Karur district was incorporated into the Madras province and initially belonged to the Coimbatore district before it was added to the Tiruchirappalli district in 1910. After Indian independence, the area came to the newly formed state of Madras in 1956 as part of the States Reorganization Act , which now included the Tamil-speaking areas and was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969 . Karur has existed as an independent district since 1995, when the Tiruchirappalli district was divided into the three districts of Karur, Tiruchirappalli and Perambalur .

population

Resident of the district in a school in Karur

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Karur district has 1,064,493 inhabitants. The population density of 367 inhabitants per square kilometer is below the Tamil Nadu average (555 inhabitants per square kilometer). 41 percent of the Karur district's population live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus slightly lower than the mean value for the state (48 percent). 21 percent of the district's residents are scheduled castes . At 76 percent, the literacy rate is below the Tamil Nadu average (80 percent).

The Hindus make up the vast majority of the residents of the district . According to the 2011 census, they make up 93 percent of the population. For Islam profess 5 percent of the population, while Christians make up 1.5 percent, only a small minority. As in all of Tamil Nadu, the main language in Karur District is Tamil . According to the 2001 census, 94 percent of the district's residents speak it as their first language. There is also a minority of Telugu speakers (5 percent).

economy

The main economic factor in the Karur district is agriculture. Thanks to the Kaveri and Amravathi rivers, the area is well suited for arable farming. Almost half of the district consists of agricultural land. According to the 2001 census, 59.0% of the population are employed in the agricultural sector. A paper mill from Tamil Nadu News Print and Papers Ltd. is also of economic importance . (TNPL) in Pugalur and a cement factory in Puliyur .

Administrative division

The Karur district is divided into five taluks (sub-districts):

Taluk	main place	Population (2011)
Aravakurichi	Aravakurichi	183,321
Cadavur	Cadavur	109,839
Karur	Karur	445,389
Krishnarayapuram	Krishnarayapuram	119.213
Kulithalai	Tharagampatti	206.731

Cities

In the district Karur has four cities with its own city government ( Municipalities ), eleven after the Panchayat managed system townships ( Town Panchayats ) and four census towns ( census town ). The number of inhabitants is given according to the 2011 census.