Namakkal district
The district Namakkal (Tamil: நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம் ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Administrative center is the eponymous town of Namakkal.
Geography
The district Namakkal is located in the northern inland areas of Tamil Nadu. Neighboring districts are in the North Salem, Tiruchirappalli in the East, Karur and Erode in the South West.
The area of the district of Namakkal is 3,402 square kilometers. In the west and southwest of the Kaveri River forms the border of the district. While located on the Kaveri areas are flat and fertile, the terrain rises to the north and east toward the mountains on colli - reaching heights of up to 1421 meters.
The district is divided into taluks Namakkal Namakkal, Paramathi - Velur, Rasipuram and Tiruchengode.
History
The area of Namakkal was in the course of its history under the rule of changing dynasties. Well in the early 17th century came under the aegis of Ramachandra Nayaka, a governor of the Nayaks of Madurai, a fortress in Namakkal. The fortress was dominated in the aftermath of the Muslim Sultans of Bijapur and Golkonda, the kings of Mysore and the Marathas. The British conquered Namakkal in 1768 in the First Mysore War, the city lost but shortly afterwards to Hyder Ali. At the end of the Third Mysore War, but had to cede the area of Namakkal to British India Tipu Sultan of Mysore. The British annexed the area as part of the district of Salem in the Province of Madras. After Indian independence, the area came in 1956 to the newly formed State of Madras (now Tamil Nadu ). As an independent district of Namakkal district was created in 1997 by splitting the district Salem.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the District Namakkal has 1,721,179 inhabitants. Compared to the last census in 2001 the population had increased by 15.3 percent. The growth rate thus corresponds to the average of Tamil Nadu ( 15.6 per cent). The population density is 506 inhabitants per square kilometer with a little below the mean of the state ( 555 inhabitants per square kilometer). 40.3 percent of the residents of District Namakkal live in cities. The degree of urbanization, which is slightly lower than the average of Tamil Nadu ( 48.5 per cent). The literacy ratio, which was 74.9 percent of the average of India ( 74.0 percent), but lower than the average of Tamil Nadu ( 80.3 per cent).
The population of the district according to the 2001 census, 97.2 percent almost pure Hindu. Only very small minorities profess Islam (1.8 per cent) or Christianity ( 0.9 percent). 3.4 percent of the inhabitants of the district are Adivasis, mostly members of the Malayali tribe.