Modakurichi taluk is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

of Erode district of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indep ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

. Modakurichi became a separate taluk in Erode district by trifurcation of the erstwhile

Erode taluk Erode taluk is a taluk of Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Erode. In 2016, Erode Taluk has been trifurcated into Erode, Modakurichi and Kodumudi. It falls under Erode Revenue Divisio ...

, along with Kodumudi taluk on 8 March 2016. The new taluk will have control over the same geographic entity of the Modakurichi revenue block with

Modakurichi Modakurichi is a Panchayat town and Taluk headquarters in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located as a suburb of Erode City, at a distance of 15 km from Erode City Central Bus Terminus and 8 km from Solar Bus ...

as the headquarters. It falls under the Erode revenue division.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the erstwhile

had a population of 820,720 with 410,323 males and 410,397 females. There were 1,000 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.5%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were composed of 35,016 males and 33,498 females. After trifurcation of the taluk, the newly created Modakurichi taluk will have a population of ~160,824.

Populated Towns and Villages

Arachalur Arachalur is a panchayat town in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated 22 kilometres from Erode and an important junction on SH 37 en route to Dharapuram and other important small towns like Kodumudi and Chennimalai. ...

Avalpoondurai Avalpoondurai is a panchayat town in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated 14 kilometres from Erode and an important junction on SH-83A en route to Dharapuram and other important small towns like Modakuruchi and Eluma ...

* Nanjai Uthukuli * Elumathur *

Lakkapuram Lakkapuram or Punjai Lakkapuram is a Village Panchayat located in Erode district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Lakkapuram village falls under Modakurichi taluk. Demographics census, Lakkapuram village had a total population of 9 ...

* Selvanagar

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20180330160655/http://www.erode.tn.nic.in/taluk.htm Taluks of Erode district {{Erode-geo-stub