Ottapidaram 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
Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi District is one of the List of districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of Tamil Nadu States and territories of India, state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Tuticori ...
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 ...
of
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 ...
. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Ottapidaram
Ottapidaram is a small town in Thoothukudi district and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk. Ottapidaram is a tourism centre with accessibility to many places in Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi or Tirunelveli can be easily accessed from anywhere and Ot ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ottapidaram had a population of 123,097 with 61,822 males and 61,275 females. There were 991 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.21. Child population in the age group below 6 was 6,143 Males and 5,876 Females.
References
Taluks of Thoothukudi district
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