Karur District

Karur - General Information

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Karur - General Information

Karur is located at 10.95° N 78.08° E. It has an average elevation of 122 metres (400 feet).

Karur District, with headquarters at Karur, is the most centrally located district of TamilNadu. Karur has a very long history and has been sung by various sangam poets. In history, it has been the battleground of various Tamil Kings like Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallavas because of strategic location. The district has a very rich and varied cultural heritage. The district is made fertile by the perenial flows of Cauvery on the northern side and Amaravathi, Nanganjiyar and Noyyal rivers. Its economy is mainly agrarian. Presently, the district is famous world-wide for its handloom products.

Karur, one of the ancient cities in Tamil Nadu was ruled by the Chola kings, Naiks of Madurai and the British successively. There is proof that Karur may have been the centre for gold jewellery making and gem setting (the gold imported mainly from Rome), from Various excavations. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Brahma began creation in Karur. Karur is bounded by Namakkal District in the north, the Dindigul District in the south, the Tiruchirappalli District on the west and Erode District on the east. The city is famous for its cottage industries. The Chettinad cement factory is located here.

Karur district has 2 Municipalities, 13 Town Panchayats and 158 Village Panchayats and 203 Revenue Villages. Karur District has 4 Assembly constituencies of which one is a reserved namely Krishnarayapuram Constituency. Karur Parliamentary constitutes 6 Assembly constituencies, 2 are from Tiruchirappalli revenue district, namely Marungapuri and Thottiam and 4 Assembly Constituencies from Karur.

The highest temperature is obtained in early May to early June usually about 37 °C, though it usually exceeds 39 °C for a few days most years. Average daily temperature in Karur during January is around 24 °C, though the temperature rarely falls below 19 °C. The average annual rainfall is about 615 mm. The city gets most of its seasonal rainfall from the north-east monsoon winds, from late September to mid November . Utilisation of land area in Karur district is up to 44.59%. 4.76% of the land area remains as other uncultivated land. 2.74% is forest area in Karur district. Black soil is the predominant soil type in this district accounting for 35.51% followed by lateritic Soil for 23.85%. Rest 20.31% is comprised of sandy, coastal and alluvium soil.

Birth - 12169
Death - 6981
Infant Death - 457

Rain Fall in mm

Normal:

North East Monsoon - 365.4
South West Monsoon - 249.7

Actual:

North East Monsoon - 358.0
South West Monsoon - 61.5

Temperature (Celsius)

Maximum - 37.1
Minimum - .1 Hills

Road Length (km)

National Highways - 149.000
State Highways - 124.746
Corporation and Municipalities Roads - 91.379
Panchayat Union and Panchayat Road - 3270.200
Town Panchayat and Townships Road - 456.544

Area (Sq. km.) 2,895.57 Population 9,35,686 Male 4,65,538 Female 4,70,148 Rural 7,24,856 Urban 2,10,830 Density (Sq. km.) 323 Literates 6,41,888 Main Workers (2001 Census) Total Workers 4,96,464 Male 2,94,150 Female 2,02,314 Rural 3,59,637 Urban 1,36,827 Cultivators 1,00,875 Agricultural Labours 1,52,993 Household Industry 18,228 Other Workers 1,73,354 Marginal Workers 51,014 Non-Workers 4,39,222 Languages spoken in the District Tamil, Telugu, English, Urudu.

Karur Taluk, which was once a part of Coimbatore district, was merged with Tiruchirappalli district during 1910. A separate Karur district was formed on 30th September 1995 by trifurcating Tiruchirappalli district. Initially, Karur District was carved out of the composite Tiruchirapalli district, consisting of three taluks namely, Karur, Kulithalai and Manaparai. Subsequently Manaparai Taluk was decoupled and Musiri Taluk was included in Karur District. Later Musiri Taluk was decoupled from Karur District. At present, Karur District consists of 4 Taluks i.e., Karur, Kulithalai, Krishnarayapuram, and Aravakurichi. Karur District includes the following Revenue Divisions, Taluks and Panchayat Unions / Blocks.

Name of the Revenue : Division Name of the Taluk : Name of the Panchayat Union.

Karur : Aravakurichy : Aravakurichy, K. Paramathy
Karur : Karur : Karur, Thanthoni
Kulithalai : Krishnarayapuram : Krishnarayapuram
Kulithalai : Kulithalai : Thogamalai

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