Karur district
The district Karur (Tamil: கரூர் மாவட்டம் ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Administrative center is the eponymous city of Karur.
Geography
The district Karur is located in the inland of Tamil Nadu and belongs to the Kongu Nadu region, which includes the north-western parts of the state. The district has an area of 2,902 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Namakkal in the north, in the east of Tiruchirappalli, Dindigul in the south, Tiruppur and Erode in the west to the northwest.
In the north, the Kaveri, the largest river in Tamil Nadu, the boundary of the district is formed. The Amravathi River flows through the district and flows east of Karur in the Kaveri. The terrain is mostly flat.
The district Karur is divided into five taluks Aravakurichi, Karur, Krishnarayapuram, Kadavur and Kulithalai.
History
In the first centuries AD the territory of today Karur district was the heartland of the early Chera dynasty, Karur had as its capital. After the decline of the early Chera in the 3rd or 4th century, the area of the Pandya, Pallava and Chola and later of Vijayanagar and the Nayak was dominated. In the 18th century the area came under the control of Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore. In the Second Mysore War, the British conquered Karur 1783 and made it a part of British India.
The area of present-day district Karur became part of the Madras Province and originally belonged to the district of Coimbatore, before it was in 1910 the district Tiruchirappalli slammed. After Indian independence, the area was in 1956 the newly formed State of Madras (now Tamil Nadu ). As an independent district exists Karur since 1995, when the district Tiruchirappalli was divided into the three districts of Karur, Tiruchirappalli and Perambalur.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Karur has 1,076,588 inhabitants. Compared to the last census in 2001 the population had grown by 15.1 percent. The population density is 371 inhabitants per square kilometer below the average Tamil Nadu ( 555 inhabitants per square kilometer). 40.3 percent of the population of the district of Karur live in cities. The degree of urbanization is slightly lower than the mean of the state ( 48.5 percent). The literacy rate is 75.9 percent below the average of Tamil Nadu ( 80.3 per cent) but slightly higher than the Gestamdindiens ( 74.0 percent).
The population of the district are the Hindus according to the 2001 census, 94.4 percent, a large majority. To profess Islam 4.0 percent of the population, while the Christians at 1.5 percent are only a small minority.
Economy
The most important economic factor in the district of Karur is agriculture. Thanks to the rivers Kaveri and Amravati, the area is well suited for farming. Nearly half of the district consists of agricultural land. According to the 2001 census, 59.0 % of the inhabitants are employed in the agricultural sector. Of economic importance are also a paper mill in the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd.. ( TNPL ) in Pugalur and a cement factory in Puliyur.