Musiri 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
Tiruchirapalli district
Tiruchirappalli District is List of districts of Tamil Nadu, one of the 38 districts, located along the Kaveri River, in Tamil Nadu, India. The headquarters of the district is the city of Tiruchirappalli.
During the British Raj, the district wa ...
of the
Indian state
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of
Tamil Nadu
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. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Musiri
Musiri is a municipality and Taluk in the Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has an average elevation of 82 metres (269 feet).
Etymology
The original name for Musiri comes from the Tamil word Musiram
...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the ''taluk'' of Musiri had a population of 226,372 (113,033 males and 113,339 females); there were 1,003 women for every 1,000 men. The ''taluk'' had a literacy rate of 69.68%. Child population in the age group below 6 was 11,336 males and 10,488 females. Among the total population, 157,739 people are literates.
References
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Taluks of Tiruchirapalli district
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