Kallakurichi taluk is a
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
of
Kallakurichi district
Kallakurichi is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarter is Kallakurichi. Kallakurichi District was announced on 8 January 2019 and it came into existence on 26 November 2019.
History
During Ancient ...
of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Kallakurichi
Kallakurichi is a Municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu. As of 2019, the town had a population of 73528.
Member of the L ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kallakurichi had a population of 465,236 with 230,440 males and 234,796 females. There were 981 men for every 1,000 women. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.49%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 23,890 Males and 26,388 Females.
References
Taluks of Kallakurichi district
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