Executive Summary Book Karur.Pmd
KARUR DISTRICT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DISTRICT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT KARUR DISTRICT Introduction Karur District is an administrative unit of Tamil Nadu State in southern India. The city of Karur is the district headquarters. The district is located in the banks of river Cauveri and Amaravathi. Initially, Karur district was carved out of the composite Tiruchirapalli district, consisting of three taluks viz., Karur, Kulithalai and Manaparai. Karur district was formed vide Government Order 913 dated 30.10.1995. A separate Karur district was formed on 30th September 1995 by trifurcating Thiruchirapalli district. The district has been divided into two Revenue Divisions Karur and Kulithalai. The district has five taluks of Aravakuruchi, Kadavur, Karur, Krishnarayapuram and Kulithalai. The district consists of eight blocks, namely, Aravakuruchi, Kadavur, Krishnarayapuram, Thanthoni, K.Paramathy, Karur, Kulithalai and Thogaimalai. The district has 203 revenue villages, 158 village Panchayats, 4 municipalities (Inamkarur, Karur, Kulithalai and Thanthoni) and 11 town Panchayats (TNPL Pugalur, 1 Punjaipugalur, Nangavaram, Krishnarayapuram, Pallapatti, Aravakurichi, Punjai Thottakurichi, P.J.Cholapuram, Puliyur, Marudur and Uppidamangalam). Geography The geographical position of the district lies between North Latitude 11.000 to 12.000; from 77.280 to 77.500 East Longitude and an altitude of 122 metres from MSL. The district has an area of 2895.57 km². It is bounded by Namakkal district in the north, Dindigul district in the south, Tiruchirapalli district on the east and Erode district on the west; it is the most centrally located district in Tamil Nadu. The topography of the district is almost plain except Rengamalai hills in extreme south of Karur taluk - Tipasamymalai and Vellimalai are in Kulithalai Taluk.
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