Namakkal (District)

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Namakkal District நாமக்கல்
மாவட்டம்
District map
State Tamil Nadu
Administrative headquarters : Namakkal
Area : 3,420 km²
Residents : 1,726,601 (2011)
Population density : 505 inhabitants / km²
Website : namakkal.tn.nic.in

The district of Namakkal ( Tamil : நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம் ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Namakkal , the largest city is Tiruchengode . The Namakkal district has an area of ​​3,420 square kilometers and around 1.7 million inhabitants (2011 census).

geography

View of the Kolli Mountains

The Namakkal District is located in the northern interior of Tamil Nadu. Neighboring districts are Salem in the north, Tiruchirappalli in the east, Karur in the south and Erode in the west.

The area of ​​the Namakkal district is 3,420 square kilometers. In the west and southwest, the Kaveri River forms the border of the district. The western part of the district is mostly flat, but here and there individual steep rocks rise like the castle hill of Namakkal -stadt or the temple mountain of Tiruchengode . In the eastern part of the district are the Kolli Mountains , an isolated extension of the Eastern Ghats up to 1,400 meters high .

In the Namakkal district there is an alternately humid tropical climate . The annual mean temperature in Namakkal is 28.3 ° C, the annual mean precipitation is 764 mm. Most of the rainfall occurs during the northeast monsoon in October and November. It also rains during the southwest monsoons in August and September.

Administrative division

Taluks

The Namakkal district is divided into 7 taluks :

Municipalities

There are 5 municipalities in the district :

history

Namakkal Fort: The region's power center since the 17th century.

The Namakkal area has been under the rule of changing dynasties throughout its history. A fortress in Namakkal was built in the early 17th century under the aegis of Ramachandra Nayaka , a governor of the nayaks of Madurai . The fortress was subsequently ruled by the Muslim sultans of Bijapur and Golkonda , the kings of Mysore and the Marathas . The British captured Namakkal in the First Mysore War in 1768 , but shortly afterwards lost the city again to Hyder Ali . At the end of the Third Mysore War , Tipu Sultan of Mysore had to cede the area of ​​Namakkal to British India in 1792 . The British incorporated the area as part of the Salem district in the Madras province . After Indian independence in 1947, the area came to the state of Madras, which was reorganized in 1956 according to the language borders of Tamil and renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969 . The Namakkal district was created as an independent district in 1997 by splitting off from the Salem district.

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Namakkal district has 1,726,601 inhabitants. The population density of 505 inhabitants per square kilometer is slightly below the mean of the state (555 inhabitants per square kilometer). 40 percent of the residents of Namakkal district live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus slightly lower than the average in Tamil Nadu (48 percent). At 75 percent, the literacy rate is below the Tamil Nadu average (80 percent).

The vast majority of the district's residents are Hindus . According to the 2011 census, they make up 96.9 percent of the population. Only small minorities profess Islam (1.9 percent) or Christianity (1.0 percent).

The main language in the district Namakkal is like all over Tamil Nadu, the Tamil . According to the 2001 census, it is spoken as a first language by 86.4 percent of the district's residents. There is also a larger minority of Telugu speakers (9.8 percent). Smaller minorities are the speakers of the Kannada (2.2 percent) and Urdu (1.1 percent).

According to the 2011 census, 20.0 percent of the district's residents are scheduled castes and 3.3 percent are scheduled tribes . The latter include the Malayali who live in the Kolli Mountains .

Attractions

The temple of Tiruchengode

The Namakkal district is off the beaten track, but efforts are being made to establish the Kolli Mountains as a destination for the many inland tourists who visit mountain resorts in the hot months. In the city of Tiruchengode there is an important temple on a rock, which is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva in his form as Ardhanarishvara (half man, half woman). The main attraction of Namakkal City is the 17th century Fort Namakkal.

Cities

There are 399 villages and the following 24 cities in Namakkal district:

city Population
(2011)
Alampalayam 20,286
Athanur 9,827
Erumaipatti 12,085
Kalappanaickenpatti 10,831
Kumarapalayam 71,594
Mallasamudram 18.007
Mohanur 14,315
Namagiripettai 21,250
Namakkal 55,145
Padaiveedu 10,451
Pallipalayam 40,140
Pandamangalam 7,259
Paramathi 11,986
Pattinam 8,912
Pillanallur 11,181
Pothanur 18,455
R. Pudupatti 7,478
Rasipuram 50,244
Seerapalli 12,403
Senthamangalam 19,750
Tiruchengode 95,335
Velur 25,012
Venkarai 9,330
Vennanthur 14,568

Web links

Commons : Namakkal District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract - Tamil Nadu. (PDF; 873 kB)
  2. ↑ Climate data from climate-data.org .
  3. ↑ a b http://namakkal.tn.nic.in
  4. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - I Population, Size and Decadal Change.
  5. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - III Literates and Literacy Rate.
  6. ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
  7. ↑ Census of India 2001: C-15: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .
  8. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - II Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Population.
  9. ↑ Query under Census of India 2011: Villages / Towns Directory - 2011.
  10. ↑ Query under Census of India 2011: Search PCA Data by District / SubDistrict / Town / Village Name .