Kodumudi 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
Erode district
Erode District is one of the 38 Districts of Tamil Nadu, districts in the south Indian States and union territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It was the largest district by area in the state before the formation of Tirupur district in 2009 ...
of the
Indian state
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of
Tamil Nadu
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. Kodumudi became a separate taluk in
Erode district
Erode District is one of the 38 Districts of Tamil Nadu, districts in the south Indian States and union territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It was the largest district by area in the state before the formation of Tirupur district in 2009 ...
by trifurcation of the erst-while
Erode taluk, along with
Modakurichi taluk
Modakurichi taluk is a taluk of Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Modakurichi became a separate taluk in Erode district by trifurcation of the erstwhile Erode taluk, along with Kodumudi taluk on 8 March 2016. The new taluk will ...
on 8 March 2016. The new taluk will have control over the same geographic entity of the
Kodumudi revenue block with
Kodumudi
Kodumudi is a panchayat town and taluk headquarters of Kodumudi taluk in Erode district at state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kodumudi has an average elevation of 144 metres (472 feet). Also Kodumudi is a tourism spot. The holy Kaveri river ...
as the headquarters. It falls under
Erode Revenue division.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the erstwhile
Erode taluk had a population of 820,720 with 410,323 males and 410,397 females. There were 1000 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.5. Child population in the age group below 6 was 35,016 Males and 33,498 Females.
Whereas after trifurcation of the taluk, the newly created Kodumudi taluk will have a population of 107,466 approximately.
Populated Towns and Villages
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Sivagiri
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Kandasamypalayam
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Pasur
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Unjalur
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Thamaraipalayam
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Vellottamparappu
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Anjur
See also
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Kodumudi block
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20180330160655/http://www.erode.tn.nic.in/taluk.htm
Taluks of Erode district
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