Bargur is a selection-grade town panchayat in the Krishnagiri district of the

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n state of

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, that serves as the headquarters of

Bargur taluk Bargur taluk is one of the seven taluks of Krishnagiri district, in Tamil Nadu, India. The headquarters of the taluk is the town panchayat of Bargur. The taluk is bordered by the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh to the north, Tirupattur distr ...

, one of the seven taluks in Krishnagiri district.

History

The town panchayat of Bargur was created on 1 November 1969 and was upgraded to a selection grade town panchayat on 14 February 1985.

Geography

Bargur is spread over an area of of land in the northeast of Krishnagiri district, at , at an average elevation of above sea level. It is about east of

Krishnagiri Krishnagiri () is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and it serves as the administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District formed in 2004. It is located at the bottom of Krishnadevaraya Hills, and the town is fully surrounded by hill ...

along National Highway 48, which runs through the town. State Highway 131 begins in Bargur and runs southeast to

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Demographics

As of 2011, there were 3,760 households in Bargur, which had a total population of 16,366 people. 8,316 (50.8%) of the population were male, while 8,050 (50.2%) were female. 1,810 children, about 11.1% of the town's population, were at or below the age of 6. 1,939 people in the town, about 11.8% of the population, were classified as Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes. 70.9% of the population were literate. The official language of Bargur is

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, although

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and

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are also spoken, with Telugu speakers making up the plurality of the town's population as of 2001. In 2001, there were 6,621 Telugu speakers, 5,209 Tamil speakers, and 2,250 Kannada speakers in the town.

Politics

Bargur is part of Bargur state assembly constituency, represented by D. Mathiyalagan of the DMK party. Bargur is part of

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, which is represented in by A. Chellakumar of the

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References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Krishnagiri district