Dharmapuri taluk
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Dharmapuri taluk is a
taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
in the
Dharmapuri district Dharmapuri is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil-Nadu, India. It is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitting it from then-Salem district on 2 October 1965. Dharmapuri District is one of t ...
of the
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of
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. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Dharmapuri Dharmapuri is a special grade town in the north western part of Tamil Nadu, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Dharmapuri district which is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitti ...
.


Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Dharmapuri had a population of 441,115 with 225,969 males and 215,146 females. There were 952 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 64.96%. Child population in the age group below 6 was 24,262 Males and 22,372 Females.


Politics

It is part of the Dharmapuri (state assembly constituency) and Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency).


References

Taluks of Dharmapuri district {{Dharmapuri-geo-stub