Tiruchirappalli District is one of the 38 districts, located along the

Kaveri River The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari and Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin is estimated to be and encompasses the states o ...

, in

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, India. The headquarters of the district is the city of

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

. During the

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, the district was referred to as

Trichinopoly Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

, and was a district of the

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; it was renamed upon India's declaration of independence in 1947. The district is spread over an area of and had a population of 2,722,290 in 2011.

Geography

Tiruchirappalli district lies almost at the exact centre of Tamil Nadu. The district has an area of 4,404 square kilometres. It is bounded in the north by

Salem district Salem District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district is now divided into Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal as individual districts. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the dis ...

, Northwest by

Namakkal district Namakkal District is one of the 38 districts (an districts of Tamil Nadu, administrative district) in the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was bifurcated from Salem District with Namakkal city as headqua ...

, in the Northeast by

Perambalur District Perambalur is one of the 38 districts (an administrative List of Indian districts, district) in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district headquarters is located at Perambalur. The district occupies an area of 1,752 km2 and had a popula ...

, East by Ariyalur district and

Thanjavur District Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur (Tanjore) . The district is located in the delta of the Cauv ...

, in the southeast by

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and Sivagangai district, in the south by

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, in the southwest by

Dindigul district Dindigul District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Dindigul District is the largest district in Tamil Nadu by area. The district was carved out of Madurai District in 1985. It has an area of 6266.64 km2 and c ...

and, in the west by

Karur district Karur District is one of the 38 districts (a district located centrally along the Kaveri and Amaravathi rivers) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The main town in Karur District is the city of Karur, which is also the district headquarters. Th ...

. The district shares its borders with 10 other districts, the highest for any district in the state. The

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

river flows through the length of the district and is the principal source of irrigation and drinking water. Kolli Hills form the boundary of Tiruchirapalli and

Namakkal Namakkal () is a city and the headquarters of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. It is the first ISO 14001-2004 certified municipality in Asia for environmental management, specifically the provision and maintenance of water supply, solid wast ...

districts and Pachaimalai Hills form the Boundary of Salem and Perambalur district with Tiruchirapalli district in the North and North East. The North most and South most parts of the district are hilly, central part of the district is

plains. Trichy district is diverse in landscape, mixture of Fertile, Delta, Valleys, Hilly areas, Semi Arid Zones. Central part of the district is fertile due to river

flowing through this district, by splitting the district into North and South. North Central and South Central part of the district is Semi arid and drought prone area, receives less rainfall. Evergreen Pachaimalai Hills and Kolli Hills form the Stunning and Enchanting Valley in between these two hills. Falls and Streams from these two hills fills up the lakes in valley areas and makes the land irrigated and Fertile. Pachaimalai Hills receives high rain fall than average during both

Northeast Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscill ...

as well as

Southwest Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

, which makes these hills Greener throughout the year and gives a cool climate.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Tiruchirappalli district had a population of 2,722,290 with a sex-ratio of 1,013 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 49.15% of the population lives in urban areas. A total of 272,456 were under the age of six, constituting 139,946 males and 132,510 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 17.14% and 0.67% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 74.9%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The district had a total of 698,404 households. There were a total of 1,213,979 workers, comprising 161,657 cultivators, 319,720 main agricultural labourers, 25,174 in house hold industries, 575,778 other workers, 131,650 marginal workers, 9,012 marginal cultivators, 59,062 marginal agricultural labourers, 5,212 marginal workers in household industries and 58,364 other marginal workers. At the time of the 2011 census, 95.67% of the population spoke

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, 2.08% Telugu .

Politics

Taluks

In 2013, Tiruchirappalli district went from nine taluks to eleven taluks. * Thuraiyur taluk * Manapparai taluk * Marungapuri taluk * Srirangam taluk * Tiruchirappalli West taluk * Tiruchirappalli East taluk * Thiruverumbur taluk * Lalgudi taluk * Manachanallur taluk * Musiri taluk * Thottiyam taluk

Urban centres

Tiruchirappalli District consists of the following urban centres: *

Trichy Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

City

* Thuraiyur town * Manapparai town * Thuvakudi town *

Lalgudi Lalgudi is a prominent municipality located in the Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu, India. This region has historical and cultural significance, serving as the administrative center for various divisions including Lalgudi taluk, Lalgudi E ...

town * Musiri town * Manachanallur town panchayat *

Thottiyam Thottiyam is a Town and Taluk in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated 60 km north-west of Tiruchirapalli on Tiruchy-Namakkal State Highway (SH-25) and further it connects Namakkal-Salem-Bangalore Natio ...

town panchayat * Uppiliapuram Town panchayat * S. Kannanur (samayaburam) town Panchayat * Tha. Pettai town Panchayat * pullambadi town Panchayat * kaatuputhur town Panchayat * jiyaburam Panchayat * pettavaithalai Panchayat * Thandalaiputhur panchayat * Navalurkuttapattu panchayat * Mettupalayam panchayat * B.Mettur panchayat * Balakrishnampatti panchayat * Thataiyagarpettai panchayat *

mangalam Mangalam is a census town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Mangalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 32 metres (104 feet). It is located 1 kilometer toward the South from District headqua ...

panchayat

Major industries

* Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) * High Energy Projectile Factory (HEPF) * Golden Rock Railway Workshop * Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli *Light and heavy engineering *Leather Tanneries *Food Processing *Sugar Mills *(Traditional) Cigar Making (village) Industries *Hosiery and garments (to a small extent) *IT/BPO *Manufacturing of Synthetic Stones for Jewelry

Natural resources and water bodies

The major rivers are the

River Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

and the River Kollidam. The important rivers across city is Koraiyar, Uyyakondan and Kudamuruti rivers.

Agriculture

The district has a large cattle and poultry population with agriculture workers in the smaller villages like Kalpalayathanpatti. The rivers

and

Kollidam The Kollidam (referred to as Coleroon in Colonial English) is a river in southeastern India. The Kollidam is the northern distributary of the Kaveri River as it flows through the delta of Thanjavur. It splits from the main branch of the Kaveri ...

start branching out to form the Kaveri delta irrigating vast tracts of land in the district. The major crops are rice (vast tracts);

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

(vast tracts); banana/plantain;

coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...

;

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

(small tracts);

betel Betel (''Piper betle'') is a species of flowering plant in the pepper family Piperaceae, native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen, dioecious vine, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins. Betel plants are cultivated for their lea ...

;

maize Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...

; and groundnut. Trichirapalli district is well known for all varieties of

Banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...

Cultivation. Banana research centre is located in Tiruchirapalli Agricultural University. National Research Centre for

, ICAR NRB is also located in Trichy. Tiruchirapalli district is well known for

Sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

Plantation also, Agriculture Research Centre for

is located in Sirugamani.

Coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

, Hill Jackfruit,

Cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

, mountain crops are grown in the Pachaimalai Hills of Tiruchirapalli district.

Divya Desam Temples

The first five

divya desam Divya Desam (, ) or Vaishnava Divya Desams are the 108 Vishnu and Lakshmi temples that are mentioned in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, works of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnavism, Sri Vaishnava tradition. By comparison, the Paad ...

temples are located in tiruchirappalli district. #

Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple The Ranganathaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganatha (a form of Vishnu) and his consort Ranganayaki (a form of Lakshmi). The temple is located in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Tamil Architecture, Tamil Archit ...

(1st Divya Desam) #

Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple Azhagiya Manavalan Perumal Temple (also called Thirukozhi or Nachiyar Koil) in Uraiyur, a suburb Tiruchirappalli in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu God Azhagiya Manavalan (Vishnu) and Goddess Kamalavalli (Laks ...

(2nd Divya Desam) # Uthamar Kovil (3rd Divya Desam) # Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple (4th Divya Desam) # Sundararaja Perumal temple (5th Divya Desam)

References

External links

Srirangam Tiruchirapalli District
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